The Beggar and Other Stories

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 marvellously 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Pushkin Collection
Published: 09/25/2018
ISBN: 9781782274018
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 6.40h x 4.70w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/30/2018
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018 pg. 20