{"product_id":"9781805330233","title":"The Spectre of Alexander Wolf by Gaito Gazdanov","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tantalising mystery... a mesmerising work of literature' Antony Beevor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Truly troubling, a weird meditation on death, war and sex' \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA superb early postmodern classic by one of Nabokov's fellow ?migr? writers, rediscovered after more than half a century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectre of Alexander Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e is a psychological thriller and existential inquiry into guilt and redemption, coincidence and fate, love and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Bryan Karetnyk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGaito 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\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43206265405618,"sku":"9781805330233","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9781805330233.jpg?v=1705313618","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781805330233","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}