{"product_id":"9781805330233","title":"The Spectre of Alexander Wolf","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Gazdanov, Gaito (Author) \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 August 2023 by Pushkin Press (Pushkin Press Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Pushkin Press Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 176 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 16 | 162g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A tantalising mystery... a mesmerising work of literature' Antony Beevor'Truly troubling, a weird meditation on death, war and sex' Paris ReviewA superb early postmodern classic by one of Nabokov's fellow émigré writers, rediscovered after more than half a centuryA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins the strange quest for its elusive writer: 'Alexander Wolf'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA singular classic, The Spectre of Alexander Wolf is a psychological thriller and existential inquiry into guilt and redemption, coincidence and fate, love and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globeTranslated by Bryan KaretnykGaito 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44183080173827,"sku":"9781805330233","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781805330233.jpg?v=1731407390","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781805330233","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}