Set in the Caucasus, the scene of Russia's military campaigns in the 19th century, this is both an adventure story and a sardonic look at the heroic ideals of the author's contemporaries - which makes it all the more ironic that the main character, Pushkin, (like the author) was killed in a duel.

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Hardcover, 2nd Edition

ISBN13: 9781857150780

EVERYMAN, 1992

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