Sergei dovlatovs the compromise is set in brezhnevera soviet talinn, where, among other equally and even more absurd things, it was decided that the fourhundredth. From the exiled russian author of the suitcase reading dovlatov is a joyous, thrilling, usually hilarious experience the new yorker. Sergei dovlatov primary author only author division. The compromise book by sergei dovlatov thriftbooks. September 3, 1941 august 24, 1990 was a russian journalist and writer. The compromise is a chrestomathy of absurd newspaper articles from 1970s soviet estonia written by the narrator also named dovlatov. In mondays profile sonya chung identified sergei dovlatov as a writer whose healthy, playful, even wicked humor didnt at all diminish the earnestness and regret that often. Sergei dovlatov, 48, soviet emigre who wrote about his. The suitcase isbn 9781582437330 pdf epub sergei dovlatov. Reading dovlatov is a joyous, thrilling, usually hilarious experience the new yorker. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go.
Sergei doulatov phd university of washington seattle. In that world, people fought with sharpened rasp files, ate dogs. While most of his work was not revealed until after the collapse of the iron curtain, dovlatov is considered one of the great russian writers. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Sergey donatovich dovlatov mechik was born on september 3, 1941, in the city of ufa where his family was evacuated from leningrad. A dissolute writer fights redemption in a black comedy of eyeswideopen excess.
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