{"product_id":"the-spectre-of-alexander-wolf-2","title":"The Spectre of Alexander Wolf","description":"\u003cp\u003eA tantalising mystery... a mesmerising work of literature Antony BeevorTruly troubling, a weird meditation on death, war and sex Paris ReviewA superb early postmodern classic by one of Nabokovs fellow migr 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 victims point of view. Its 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.Part 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":"Crossword.in","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50510771618009,"sku":"9781805330233","price":539.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/3066\/9017\/files\/61jsYdT3k5L._SL1500.jpg?v=1790079230","url":"https:\/\/www.crossword.in\/products\/the-spectre-of-alexander-wolf-2","provider":"Crossword.in ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}