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Удивена съм от стила, начина на изразяване, изграждането, неочакваните посоки, в които тръгва действието, красивия език.
"Призракът на Александър Волф" е първата ми среща с творчеството на Гайто Газданов и мога да събера впечатленията си в една дума - разкош.

stacialithub's review against another edition

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3.0

The opening is strong & pulled me right in. But, the rambling narrative soon veered into other territories, not always well or smoothly connected. Some thoughts were fascinating intellectual or philosophical musings, but they lost their punch because they were buried among some longer, less interesting episodes of the book. The ending felt contrived. Perhaps the older translation I read is not as good as the more recent release by Pushkin Press? The uneven tone relegates what could have been 'great' firmly into 'good' territory instead.

softmage_fromba's review against another edition

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3.0

Poetico, filosofico, bien ruso como dirian algunos. Fue una lectura interesante.

jdalby20's review against another edition

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3.0

Hooked by the first few pages, I thought that this would be an easy quick read. However, I gave up for a few months after getting further in because it didn't seem to be going anywhere! The story lapses into philosophical essays on every other page - not that this wasn't interesting and readable - but I guess I was just expecting more from the story, since the blurb and the first few pages had seemed so exciting... Coming back to it, it is beautifully written, melancholy and intelligent. If I had read this at a different time (and not after having read some amazing stories with memorable plots and characters!), I think it may have been more enjoyable. Because my mind was still full of stories from other novels, I found it hard to follow some of this story despite its length, and what didn't help this was the fact that it had no chapters... I didn't think this would bother me, but there seemed to be no end to some sections of it, making it seem so much longer than its 170 pages! Chapters are great for that motivation to read on! That said, the ending was brilliant, and probably just for that, worth reading, though perhaps not after reading one of your favourite books!

liekeh97's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

forever_amber's review against another edition

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4.0

Усетих повече присъствие от „Вечер при Клер“, а описанието на любовния миг, който главният герой изпитва, е неописуемо прекрасно. Толкова ми хареса, така истинско е -лишено от всякаква илюзия и същевременно много поетично (иска ми се повече мъже да умееха това себеопознаване, а чрез него и опознаването на емоциите въобще). Всъщност може би това ми допадна в целия роман. Този усет за нюанса и плътността на характера и битието. Не бих казала, че Гайто Газданов е МОЯТ автор, но със сигурност ми харесва до колко дълбоко достига. Онова, което ме мъчи у него, е, че е твърде многословен и повечето думи и случки се плъзват по периферията, вместо да се въплътят в основното, което вече със сигурност бих могла да нарека своя тема.

Сюжетно книгата ми допадна, но началото ми се видя твърде откъснато от средата и финала (който беше страхотен). Може би щеше да е по-добре завръзката да се случваше на друго място, но, от друга страна, така би се изгубил автобиографичният миг, макар и по-кратък отколкото при „Клер“, съответно „имигрантскостта“. И все пак...

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