He is at times an unsympathetic man -- self - absorbed , irritable , difficult to live with -- .
Man is also deeply human , struggling to remain true to himself while navigating the innumerable moral quandaries of life in Soviet society .
He is at times an unsympathetic man -- self - absorbed , irritable , difficult to live with -- yet he is also deeply human , struggling to remain true to himself while navigating the innumerable moral quandaries of life in Soviet society .