{"product_id":"9781805330233-the-spectre-of-alexander-wolf","title":"Gazdanov Gaito (Author) - The Spectre Of Alexander Wolf - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Spectre Of Alexander Wolf\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Gazdanov Gaito (Author)\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781805330233\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 176 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 11\/7\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\nSeries: Pushkin Press Classics\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Fiction In Translation","brand":"Gazdanov Gaito (Author)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49624563777841,"sku":"IN-G-9781805330233","price":15.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781805330233.jpg?v=1724945321","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781805330233-the-spectre-of-alexander-wolf","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}