The Spectre of Alexander Wolf

A superb early postmodern classic by one of Nabokov's fellow émigré writers, rediscovered after more than half a century

"This psychological novel takes stock of death, war, violence and the guilt that undergirds it all." -- The New York Times Book Review

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

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Gaito Gazdanov, Gaito (Author) Gazdanov, Gazdanov Gaito
• Collaboration: Brian Karetnyk (Traduction)
• Edition: Pushkin Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781805330233
• ISBN: 978-1-80533-023-3
• Pages: 176
• Thème: Pushkin Classics
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation, Classic fiction: general and literary