Russian Romantic Heroes in English or other European Literatures

[Subhash.Jaireth at AGSO.GOV.AU]

Dear Friends,

In John Berger's novel Once in Europa the narrator Odile Blanc falls in love
with Stepan Pirogov a young Russian sailor who has come to live and work in
small town in the French Alps. As a orphaned boy he was adopted by Ukrainian
parents who migrated to Sweden during the civil war. This Stepan Pirogov is
a very lovable hero of the type I have never come across in English
Literature.  The other similar hero who comes remotely close to him is in
Henrich Boll's Group Portrait with Lady . I was wondering if my seelanger
friends have come across similar protagonists in English or other European
twentieth-century literature. The question which intrigues is that although
there are several romantic, lovable French, Italian, German and Spanish
protagonists in English literature why the 'Russians' have failed to make
the grade?


Thanks and best wishes


Subhash

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