The Spectre of Alexander Wolf

Gaito Gazdanov, Bryan Karetnyk (Translator)

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Author
Gaito Gazdanov, Bryan Karetnyk (Translator)
Publish Date
2023-11-07
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
176
Publisher Name
Steerforth Press
ISBN-10
1805330233
ISBN-13
9781805330233
citemno
278225
SKU
9781805330233

Description

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