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Overview

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

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781805330233
  • ISBN-10: 1805330233
  • Publisher: Pushkin Press Classics
  • Publish Date: November 2023
  • Dimensions: 7.82 x 5.19 x 0.32 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.36 pounds
  • Page Count: 176

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