Sergei Dovlatov

The Suitcase

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ISBN 13:: 9781582437330
author:: Sergei Dovlatov
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Perseus Oto
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2011
Pages:: 160
Dimensions:: 20.6 x 13.7 x 1 centimetres (0.1
Genre:: Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
Condition:: New
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Sergei Dovlatov's wry observations and subtle humor come alive in The Suitcase, a novel that tells the story of eight objects he brought with him from the U.S.S.R. - items that take on a life of their own as he recounts how he acquired them. A poplin shirt evokes a bittersweet tale of courtship and marriage, while a pair of boots worn by the Nomenklatura bring to mind an official banquet's hilarious conclusion. Other objects, like driving gloves from his short-lived acting career and neon-green crepe socks from a failed black-market scam, share space in this inventive series of interconnected tales. With a comic nostalgia infused with dry wit, The Suitcase is a human and ironic novel that explores the complexities of life through the mundane and the unexpected.

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