Gazdanov Gaito (Author) - The Spectre Of Alexander Wolf - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A tantalising mystery a mesmerising work of literature Antony Beevor Truly troubling a weird meditation on death war and sex Paris Review A superb early postmodern classic by one of Nabokov's fellow migr writers rediscovered after more than half a century A man comes across a short story which recounts in minute detail his killing of a soldier long ago - from the victim's point of view. It's a story that should not exist and whose author can only be a dead man. So begins the strange quest for its elusive writer: Alexander Wolf'. A singular classic The Spectre of Alexander Wolf is a psychological thriller and existential inquiry into guilt and redemption coincidence and fate love and death. Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature hand - picked from around the globe Translated by Bryan Karetnyk Gaito Gazdanov (1903 - 1971) joined the White Army aged just sixteen and fought in the Russian Civil War. Exiled in Paris from the 1920s onwards he eventually became a nocturnal taxi - driver and quickly gained prominence on the literary scene as a novelist essayist critic and short - story writer and was greatly acclaimed by Maxim Gorky among others.
Title: The Spectre Of Alexander Wolf
Author(s): Gazdanov Gaito (Author)
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Barcode: 9781805330233
Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 11/7/2023
Series: Pushkin Press Classics
Category: Fiction In Translation