Sergei Dovlatov

• Sep-1983
• / General Fiction
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Weary of his battles with the bureaucracy, with the bottle, and with his profession, an unemployed Soviet journalist reviews his file of clippings and recalls the real people and events now reduced to bland, officially approved lines...

• Apr-1986
• / General Fiction
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• Apr-1989
• / Literary
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• Sep-2005
• / General Fiction
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• Jan-2011
• / General Fiction
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• Apr-2011
• / Literary
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Sergei Dovlatov's subtle, darkâ€"edged humor and wry observations are in full force in The Suitcase as he examines eight objects -- the items he brought with him in his luggage upon his emigration from the U.S.S.R. These seemingly undistinguished pos...

• Jan-2012
• / Literary
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Written in Sergei Dovlatov's unique voice and unmatched style, The Zone is a satirical novelization of Dovlatov's time as a prison guard for the Soviet Army in the early 1960s. Snapshots of the prison are juxtaposed with the narrator's letters to Igo...

• Mar-2014
• / Literary
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An unsuccessful writer and an inveterate alcoholic, Boris Alikhanov has recently divorced his wife Tatyana, and he is running out of money. The prospect of a summer job as a tour guide at the Pushkin Hills Preserve offers him hope of regaining some b...

• Dec-2014
• / General Fiction
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One of the heroes of late Soviet literature, Sergei Dovlatov was as admired and beloved in the United States as he was among the Soviet intelligentsia. A regular contributor to The New York Times and The New Yorker, the "delightful" (The New Yorker) ...

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After leaving the Soviet Union following a series of unsatisfying relationships, Marusya Tatarovich quickly becomes the center of the Russian community in Queens, New York, but finds that it mirrors in many ways the community she left behind...