Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle Reading App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.
Apple
Android
Windows Phone
Android
To get the free app, enter your email address or mobile phone number.
"Go Set a Watchman" by Harper Lee Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. Learn more | See related books
$9.35
FREE Shipping on orders over $35.
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
Gift-wrap available.
Frequently Bought Together
{"currencyCode":"USD","itemData":[{"priceBreaksMAP":null,"buyingPrice":9.35,"ASIN":"1484844750","moqNum":1,"isPreorder":0},{"priceBreaksMAP":null,"buyingPrice":10.78,"ASIN":"0679762655","moqNum":1,"isPreorder":0},{"priceBreaksMAP":null,"buyingPrice":16.79,"ASIN":"0375714839","moqNum":1,"isPreorder":0}],"shippingId":"1484844750::Y4HB4w7%2FQWkoLqWdOucBZ6QQvagcTotZ7O5pkPiuLlquv6gHddUDFRhWwWNOsPnYjws3TVyBuSLk1PlmY%2FO2lxasomFYoc8B7MEWP2MbulG0E9d5A3iBTw%3D%3D,0679762655::M44JAGEYr8BtfmAKKPEKwkrETFkFaqjt1sUQUvyTGVXSn8fnSgKoLXAzssYfLJRps1ynXXMx6Aq6am8dVTlUmLQLgvAXsu5S8RQbqYMffRQ%3D,0375714839::TnOOSRWXOeXw4ZkOhwDLW%2B8wI9YmK7F3wsGUJ2sogAmE9WcrFJJZrsRlnWVoAgpas9Kg35tY9MTi%2BUTMrFZ6MJ6pc1wCgy71QEEwsxTIsaY%3D","sprites":{"addToWishlist":["wl_one","wl_two","wl_three"],"addToCart":["s_addToCart","s_addBothToCart","s_add3ToCart"],"preorder":["s_preorderThis","s_preorderBoth","s_preorderAll3"]},"shippingDetails":{"xz":"same","xy":"same","yz":"same","xyz":"same"},"tags":["x","y","z","w"],"strings":{"addToWishlist":["Add to Wish List","Add both to Wish List","Add all three to Wish List","Add all four to Wish List"],"addToCart":["Add to Cart","Add both to Cart","Add all three to Cart","Add all four to Cart"],"showDetailsDefault":"Show availability and shipping details","shippingError":"An error occurred, please try again","hideDetailsDefault":"Hide availability and shipping details","priceLabel":["Price:","Price for both:","Price for all three:","Price For All Four:"],"preorder":["Pre-order this item","Pre-order both items","Pre-order all three items","Pre-order all four items"]}}
This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.
Best Books of the Month
Want to know our Editors' picks for the best books of the month? Browse Best Books of the Month, featuring our favorite new books in more than a dozen categories.
The novel is great, not my favorite russian classic but certainly on the list of greats. The translation quality was good and as a shorter novel it is especially well suited for kindle. I read most of it on my small cellphone screen without trouble. This book is also great material for a literature course, especially in regard to the format of novels, as it takes an unorthodox approach with several different narrators and a lack of chronological continuity. Recommended for anyone who likes Russia, the Caucuses region, or just a great read on a rainy day.
Comment
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes No
Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
If this review is inappropriate, please let us know.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
You can view this as a travelogue of the Russian mountains and people, or you can read it as a novel about a man who is bored with life.
The "hero" is a well-to-do man who is bored with life and joins the army as an officer on the frontier in hopes that the danger will give him some excitement. Even bullets whizzing by his head became boring. The tragedy is that his thoughtless interactions with others lead to their ruin.
This is an important work of Russian literature, and of world literature.
Comment
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes No
Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
If this review is inappropriate, please let us know.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Like other Russian novels, A Hero of Our Time was not afraid to integrate philosophical ideas with the story line. The main character has significant character flaws, which he reveals and psychoanalyzes in his own diary entries.
This novel is not a good if you wish to relate with the character and want an uplifting ending. Instead, read it to understand the depths of our psyche and why we do the evil things we do. Evilness is not a condition that simply appears in "those" people. No, it manifests itself in how we see ourselves and how we see each other. A Hero of Our Times explores evil in a realistic light and colors and reshapes our simplistic caricatures of evil.
Comment
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes No
Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
If this review is inappropriate, please let us know.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Who translated it? The original Russian version reads better. Most Americans will be amazed to learn that even 200 years ago the Russian empire was at war with the peoples of the Caucasus, especially the Chechens. But surprisingly the book is considerably less racist than many of the British colonial novels of that period.
Comment
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes No
Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
If this review is inappropriate, please let us know.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
No surprise to learn that Lermontov was both a poet and a painter. Furthermore, his Byronic hero not only shows the influence of contemporary literature but his ability to create a Russian version which would influence future native authors. A great read.
Comment
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes No
Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
If this review is inappropriate, please let us know.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
![]({"http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QRRSEtZ%2BL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg":[333,499],"http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QRRSEtZ%2BL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg":[231,346]})
