Translated for the first time, the best short stories by the 'modernist master' Gazdanov, author of The Spectre of Alexander Wolf.
In a Metro underpass, bald and dressed in rags, stands a silent beggar. In the evening, he walks the deserted streets of Paris; at night, he sleeps in a small, foetid crate vacated by the death of another beggar. He is poor and he is ill, but, on reflection, he is free.
Never published before in English, this marvellously translated collection of tightly written, lyrical works represent marvelously compact miniatures of all the major strands that Gazdanov explores in his novels. The senselessness of life, the nature of fate, and the richness of the inner life - these brilliant and moving stories have it all.
Some of Gazdanov's best writing was in short-story form, but they have never been translated into English before - until now
Pushkin Press has been behind the great Gazdanov revival: his works have shipped nearly 10,000 copies so far
Translated and introduced by Bryan Karetnyk, and with a cover illustration by Julien Pacaud
