Several years after emigrating from the USSR, the author discovers the battered suitcase he had brought with him gathering dust at the back of a wardrobe. As he opens the suitcase, the items he finds inside take on a riotously funny life of their own as Dovlatov inventories the circumstances under which he acquired them. A poplin shirt evokes a story of courtship and marriage, a pair of boots calls up the hilarious conclusion to an official banquet, two pea-green crepe socks bring back memories of his attempt to become a black-market racketeer, while a double-breasted suit reminds him of when he was approached by the KGB to spy on a Swedish writer. Imbued with a comic nostalgia and overlaid with Dovlatov’s characteristically dark-edged humour and wry power of observation, The Suitcase is a profoundly human, delightfully ironic novel from one of the finest satirists of the twentieth century.
Вес: 160
Ширина упаковки: 130
Высота упаковки: 15
Глубина упаковки: 200
Автор на обложке: Sergei Dovlatov
Оригинальное название: Чемодан
Автор: Сергей Довлатов
Тип издания: Отдельное издание
Тип обложки: Мягкая обложка
Формат издания: 125x190
Издательство: Alma Classics
ISBN: 978-1-84749-279-1
Год выпуска: 2016
Количество страниц: 144
Переводчик: Antonina W. Bouis
Язык издания: Английский