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Overview
A millionaire is killed. A golden statuette of a Buddha goes missing. A penniless student, who is afflicted by dream-like fits, is arrested and accused of murder. In typically crisp, unfussy prose, Gazdanov's delicately balanced novel is an irresistibly hypnotic masterpiece from one of Russia's most talented migr writers. Slipping between the menacing dream world of the student's fevered imagination, and the dark back alleys of the Paris underworld, The Buddha Returns is part detective novel, part philosophical thriller, and part love story.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781782270591
- ISBN-10: 1782270590
- Publisher: Pushkin Collection
- Publish Date: April 2015
- Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.6 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.4 pounds
- Page Count: 224
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