Lermontov Complete Works (5 Volumes)

Author: Gu Yunpu
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: ★32-page hardcover, published by Hebei Education Press
★First edition, first printing in 1996, translated by renowned experts Gu Yunpu, Li Gang, etc., and designed by book designer Zhang Shouyi
★Contains a commemorative color insert for Lermontov
★"I sadly gaze upon our generation!
The future is either dim or elusive"
★If Lermontov were still alive, neither I nor Dostoevsky would be needed. — Leo Tolstoy
The hardcover complete 5 volumes of The Collected Works of Lermontov, Russia's national poet, include all 445 lyric poems, 27 long poems, 5 plays, 8 novels, as well as letters, critiques, and chronologies. Lermontov's poetry is rigorous in form, passionate yet sensitive and delicate. His genius in lyric talent places him on par with Pushkin. Merezhkovsky once called Pushkin the sun of Russian poetry and Lermontov the moon. As the "national poet," Lermontov is widely recognized as Pushkin's successor and a representative figure of Russian lyric poetry. In his brief 27 years of life, he left readers with an ode to freedom through over 400 lyric poems and 27 long poems. Beyond this, his plays like The Masked Ball earned him the title of dramatist, while his novels such as The Hero of Our Time pioneered the future of Russian realist fiction, becoming a precursor to psychological novels by authors like, Leo Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. In this domestic complete collection of Lermontov's works, the lyric poems are based on the 1989 Russian original, while other works are based on the 1986 edition, making it the most up-to-date and comprehensive. The collaborative efforts of eleven Russian and Soviet literary experts and renowned translators, including Li Gang, have also ensured the high quality of the translations.