The Spectre of Alexander Wolf (Pushkin Press Classics)

ISBN: 1805330233

Author: Gazdanov, Gaito

Condition: New

A superb early postmodern classic by one of Nabokovs 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 ReviewA 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