Evening With Claire

The lyrical first novel of youth and love by acclaimedmodernist master Gaito Gazdanov, author of TheSpectre of Alexander Wolf.

About the author

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 gained prominence on the literary scene as a novelist, essayist, critic and short-story writer. The Spectre of Alexander Wolf, The Beggar and Other Stories, The Buddha's Return and The Flight are also published by Pushkin Press.

Summary

The lyrical first novel of youth and love by acclaimedmodernist master Gaito Gazdanov, author of TheSpectre of Alexander Wolf.

Additional text

“An Evening with Claire is a masterfully crafted book that not only deserves but demands renewed attention.”--Los Angeles Review of Books

"The Gazdanov revival... is nothing short of a literary event"--TLS

"Pushkin Press is to be congratulated on reviving an author who is as relevant now as ever"
--Spectator

"A fascinating writer"--Irish Times

"Gazdanov's work is the perfect fusion of the Russian tradition and French innovation"--London Review of Books

Product details

• Authors: Gaito Gazdanov, Gaito (Author) Gazdanov, Gazdanov Gaito
• Assisted by: Bryan Karetnyk (Translation), Bryan (Translator) Karetnyk (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781782276050
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-605-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Pushkin Collection
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation, Classic fiction: general and literary