The plot summary to the Penguin Classics edition reads: "In its adventurous happenings, its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues, A Hero of Our Time looks backward to the tales of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, so beloved by Russian society in the 1820s and '30s. In the character of its prota...
Recently, I attended an author lunch featuring Meg Wolitzer. After her talk, she answered questions from the audience. When a woman asked what book she had read lately, Wolitzer answered quickly, “Little Failure”, and went on about how good it was, despite the fact that non-fiction is not usually he...
Misha Vainberg, a 325 pound Russian Jew, is the son of the 1,238th richest man in Russia. Sent in 1990 by his Beloved Papa to get his education at the American Accidental College ("located deep in the country's interior and safe from the gay distractions of the eastern and western seaboards"), Misha...
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