The Buddhas Return by Gazdanov, Gaito (Author)

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Author: Gazdanov, Gaito (Author)Classic fiction (pre c 1945)Published on 24 September 2026 by PUSHKIN PRESS (Pushkin Press Classics) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 224 pages197 x 130 x 19 | 204g
A millionaire is killed. A golden statuette of a Buddha goes missing. A penniless student, who is afflicted by dream-like fits, is arrested and accused of murder.Slipping between the menacing dream world of the students fevered imagination, and the dark back alleys of the Paris underworld, The Buddhas Return is part detective novel, part philosophical thriller, and part love story.In typically crisp, unfussy prose, Gazdanovs delicately balanced novel is an irresistibly hypnotic masterpiece from one of Russias most talented migr writers.