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A Hero of Our Time is a novel by Russian writer Mikhail Y. Lermontov, published in 1840. It is considered one of the first psychological novels in Russian literature and an important work of Russian Romanticism with elements of realism.
Although initially banned in Saudi Arabia, this novel raised a lot of dust and sparked many discussions, lawsuits, and even protests, and became an absolute bestseller in the Middle East, and now in the West.
In the novel, the author describes and comments on domestic socio-political phenomena with dark humor and criticism, almost vaudeville-like, while using a good deal of lively and juicy Međimurje speech.
Lana Derkač's prose is one of those rare exceptions that does not agree to race on readership charts and adapt to the laws of market logic, exceptions in which subtlety and reflection take precedence over fabularization and flirting with readers.
What it's like to grow up in a family where roles are mixed up, can be told by teenager Viktorija, who sometimes acts as a mom to her mother. How is that possible?
From the opulent courts of France, a story arrives, stronger and more powerful than many told so far. This is her story.