Japanese crossword «Karagez»

Difficult puzzle, not sure what it's supposed to be.

This is a character from Mikhail Lermontov's novel A Hero of Our Time written in 1840. If you are in the mood for a laugh at human nature, go to https://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/myl/hero.htm and read at least some of Part I Bela. Keep in mind the author's intentions as stated in his introduction to a later edition:
"This book recently had the misfortune of being taken literally... Some were seriously shocked at being given a man as amoral as the Hero of Our Time for a model..."
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This excerpt, for example, is irony:
"'When I first saw [this character],' Azamat went on, ‘something strange happened in my soul, and I lost interest in everything. I'll die, Kazbich, if you will not sell him to me. I could steal my sister for you if you want. The Turkish Padishah himself never had a wife like her. Isn't Bela worth [this character]?’”

Love it, and the story.

Good

Challenging and beautiful

I keep thinking about this story. You are making my world bigger! Spassibo, spassibo, spassibo, Vigil!

This is so beautiful. 5 stars across the board! Sincere thanks, Vigil.
I'm so thankful to have found nonograms.org. I love spending time here. I especially love coming across puzzles that Sheryl Hill has solved and commented on.

superbe

Estoy de acuerdo con Vigil cuando comentó que la mitad de sus estrellas se las debe a Sheryl Hill. y de acuerdo con Sheryl cuando dice que Vigil está haciendo nuestro mundo mas grande. gracias a los dos

Very fiddly to do, but we'll worth it. Thank you for your research, Sheryl - I had to look at the thumbnail to make it out!

good

He's lovely - thank you :))

Great fun !

not seeing the pic unfortunately. a challenge tho

Vigil, this is very nice.. Thank you..

Don't let the bottom two rows fool you

Very nice!