{"product_id":"the-spectre-of-alexander-wolf-paperback","title":"The Spectre of Alexander Wolf - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGaito Gazdanov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBryan Karetnyk\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA superb early postmodern classic by one of Nabokov's fellow émigré writers, rediscovered after more than half a century \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This psychological novel takes stock of death, war, violence and the guilt that undergirds it all.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So begins the strange quest for its elusive writer: \"Alexander Wolf.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGaito Gazdanov (Georgi Ivanovich Gazdanov, 1903-1971) was the son of a forester. Born in St Petersburg and brought up in Siberia and Ukraine, he joined Baron Wrangel's White Army in 1919 aged just sixteen, and fought in the Russian Civil War until the Army's evacuation from the Krimea in 1920. After a brief sojourn in Gallipoli and Contantinople (where he completed secondary school), he moved to Paris, where he spent eight years variously working as a docker, washing locomotives, and in the Citroën factory. During periods of unemployment, he slept on park benches or in the Métro. In 1928, he became a taxi driver, working nights, which enabled him to write and to attend lectures at the Sorbonne during the day. His first stories began appearing in 1926, in Russian émigré periodicals, and he soon became part of the literary scene. In 1929 he published \u003ci\u003eAn Evening with Claire\u003c\/i\u003e, which was acclaimed by, among others, Maxim Gorki and the great critic Vladislav Khodasevich. He died in Munich in 1971, and is buried in the Russian cemetery of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois near Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 7.82 x 5.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765097693472,"sku":"9781805330233","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/96a1d382d8859b0a106044b0ca1d6bb0.webp?v=1780262050","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-spectre-of-alexander-wolf-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}