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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, Georgij Ivanovič Gazdanov
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2023
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- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Vydavatel
- Pushkin Press
- Rok vydání
- 2023
- Vazba
- měkká
- ISBN10
- 1805330233
- ISBN13
- 9781805330233
- Série
- Štítky
- Beletrie, Skutečné příběhy, Detektivky & Thriller, Životopisy, Historické romány, Láska, Thrillery, Klasika, Autobiografie & Memoáry, Francie, Válečná próza, Války, Vraždy, Úmrtí, Rusko, Velká Británie, Psaní, Londýn, Ruská literatura, Paříž, Osud, Občanská válka, Exil, Existencialismus, Vystěhovalci, emigranti
- První vydání
- 1947
- Původní název
- Prizrak Aleksandra Volfa
- Hodnocení
- 4,05 z 5
- Anotace
- 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