Between Dog and Wolf

by Sasha Sokolov

Book Overview

Sasha Sokolov is one of few writers to have been praised by Vladimir Nabokov, who called his first novel, A School for Fools, "an enchanting, tragic, and touching book." Sokolov's second novel, Between Dog and Wolf, written in 1980, has long intimidated translators because of its complex puns, rhymes, and neologisms. Language rather than plot motivates the story--the novel is often compared to James Joyce's Finnegans Wake--and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231181477
• ISBN13: 9780231181471
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher