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- The Gazdanov revival... is nothing short of a literary event--TLS - Pushkin Press is to be congratulated on reviving an author who is as relevant now as ever--Spectator - A fascinating writer--Irish Times - Gazdanov's work is the perfect fusion of the Russian tradition and French innovation--London Review of Books

An unsung Russian master. Minneapolis Star Tribune A work of great potency . . . It punches very much above its weight, and I have a hunch that what'sin it will stay with you for the rest of your life. The Guardian Written by a White Russian emigre in Paris . . . It provides a tantalizing mystery. Much more than a period piece, it is a mesmerizing work of literature. Antony Beevor Praise for The Specrte of Alexander Wolf: Truly troubling, a weird meditation on death, war, and sex . . . Bryan Karetnyk snew translation makes you believe in the power of the original. Lorin Stein, The Paris Review It s as if the roman policier has been ltered through Dostoevsky . . .A finely wrought novel, tense and enigmatic, just waiting to be discovered bya filmmaker . . . The narrator relates his tale in gorgeously cadenced long sentences. . . like those of Proust. Times Literary Supplement A quiet masterpiece . . . The Spectre of Alexander Wolf is a compulsive read, playful yet sinister, meandering yet impressively trim, old-world and modern. The Millions An unsung Russian master. -- Minneapolis Star Tribune A work of great potency . . . It punches very much above its weight, and I have a hunch that what's in it will stay with you for the rest of your life. -- The Guardian Written by a White Russian emigre in Paris . . . It provides a tantalizing mystery. Much more than a period piece, it is a mesmerizing work of literature. --Antony Beevor Praise for The Specrte of Alexander Wolf: Truly troubling, a weird meditation on death, war, and sex . . . Bryan Karetnyk's new translation makes you believe in the power of the original. --Lorin Stein, The Paris Review It's as if the roman policier has been ltered through Dostoevsky . . . A finely wrought novel, tense and enigmatic, just waiting to be discovered by a filmmaker . . . The narrator relates his tale in gorgeously cadenced long sentences . . . like those of Proust. -- Times Literary Supplement A quiet masterpiece . . . The Spectre of Alexander Wolf is a compulsive read, playful yet sinister, meandering yet impressively trim, old-world and modern. -- The Millions A work of great potency . . . It punches very much above its weight, and I have a hunch that what's in it will stay with you for the rest of your life. -- The Guardian Written by a White Russian emigre in Paris . . . It provides a tantalizing mystery. Much more than a period piece, it is a mesmerizing work of literature. --Antony Beevor

- The Gazdanov revival... is nothing short of a literary event --TLS - Pushkin Press is to be congratulated on reviving an author who is as relevant now as ever --Spectator - A fascinating writer --Irish Times - Gazdanov's work is the perfect fusion of the Russian tradition and French innovation --London Review of Books

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Gaito 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 admired by Maxim Gorky, among others. The Spectre of Alexander Wolf was published by Pushkin Press to great acclaim in 2013.

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