Alexander Fomich Veltman (1800 - 1870) was a popular and influential writer in his own time whose experimental works range from prose to poetry and realism to fantasy, including time-travel fiction. He was a friend of Pushkin, and his novels were praised by both Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. His Selected Stories are also published by Northwestern University Press.Stephen A. Bruce is an associate professor of Russian translation at the Defense Language Institute.

"Veltman's work presents an enormous challenge to any translator, and Stephen A. Bruce has done a magnificent job. The translation is accurate and stylistically compelling in English, and the annotations are astounding in their thoroughness. This edition represents a monumental work of scholarship." - Susanne Fusso, Wesleyan University "We are fortunate to have Stephen A. Bruce's lucid translation of The Wanderer. Veltman's text, widely read in its day, represents a crucial moment in the development of Russian prose. It will be of great interest to those studying and teaching travel literature, Bessarabia, the Romantic period, Orientalism, regional writing, and the evolution of narrative forms." - Anne L. Lounsbery, New York University

Alexander Fomich Veltman (1800 - 1870) was a popular and influential writer in his own time whose experimental works range from prose to poetry and realism to fantasy, including time-travel fiction. He was a friend of Pushkin, and his novels were praised by both Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. His Selected Stories are also published by Northwestern University Press.Stephen A. Bruce is an associate professor of Russian translation at the Defense Language Institute.

"Veltman's work presents an enormous challenge to any translator, and Stephen A. Bruce has done a magnificent job. The translation is accurate and stylistically compelling in English, and the annotations are astounding in their thoroughness. This edition represents a monumental work of scholarship." - Susanne Fusso, Wesleyan University "We are fortunate to have Stephen A. Bruce's lucid translation of The Wanderer. Veltman's text, widely read in its day, represents a crucial moment in the development of Russian prose. It will be of great interest to those studying and teaching travel literature, Bessarabia, the Romantic period, Orientalism, regional writing, and the evolution of narrative forms." - Anne L. Lounsbery, New York University