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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 Gazdanov
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- Publicado en
- 2023
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- Inglés
- Autores
- Gaito Gazdanov
- Editorial
- Pushkin Press
- Publicado en
- 2023
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN10
- 1805330233
- ISBN13
- 9781805330233
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Ficción, Historias reales, Novela negra & Thriller, Biografías, Novelas históricas, Amor, Thriller, Clásicos, Autobiografías y memorias, Francia, Prosa bélica, Guerras, Asesinatos, Muerte, Rusia, Gran Bretaña, Escritura, Londres, Literatura rusa, París, Destino, Guerra Civil, Existencialismo, Exilio, Emigrantes
- Primera publicación
- 1947
- Título original
- Prizrak Aleksandra Volfa
- Calificación
- 4,05 de 5
- Descripción
- 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