A review by fearandtrembling
The Beggar and Other Stories by Gaito Gazdanov

2.0

Bourgeois ennui doesn't win me over anymore. While Gazdanov can certainly spin a beautiful sentence, I read these stories over the course of a week or more and never felt any urgency to return to the book. In response to the very civilised, polished, world-weary tone of this book, I can only muster up a shrug.

I saw on Twitter that somebody had described him as "Sebaldian". I've yet to read Sebald, and plan to, and I hope to god it's nothing like this.