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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
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The Spectre of Alexander Wolf, Gaito Gasdanow
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- 2023
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Gaito Gasdanow
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1805330233
- ISBN13
- 9781805330233
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, True Stories, Mystery & Thriller, Biographies, Historical Fiction, Love, Thriller, Classics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, France, Military Fiction, Wars, Murders, Death, Russia, Great Britain, Writing, London, Russian Literature, Paris, Fate, Civil War, Exile, Existentialism, Emigrants
- First published
- 1947
- Original title
- Prizrak Aleksandra Volfa
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- 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