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Authors, Russian --- Ecrivains russes --- Biographies --- Dovlatov, Sergeĭ.
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Authors, Russian --- Ecrivains russes --- Biographies --- Dovlatov, Sergeĭ.
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"'Dovlatov and Surroundings' is a literary ode by one of the most consequential late 20th -century Russian writers, Alexander Genis, to another: Sergei Dovlatov. Though the book's focus is ostensibly the man himself, the text unfolds as a comprehensive look at the Soviet, post-Soviet, and American cultures that shaped him and which he shaped. "Dovlatov and Surroundings" constantly, but effortlessly shifts its focus from the intimate to the sweeping, as Genis's reflections on his friendship with Dovlatov organically give way to recollections about diaspora life, which transition smoothly into analyses of language, culture, politics, and literature. Characterized by Genis as an obituary, this book makes plain the significance of Dovlatov to Russian literature and the nuances of the Soviet cultural heritage"--
Authors, Russian --- Russian literature --- Dovlatov, Sergeĭ.
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Novelists, Russian --- Romanciers russes --- Biography. --- Biographies --- Dovlatov, Sergei --- Correspondence. --- Friends and associates. --- Authors, Russian --- Dovlatov, Sergeĭ
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Russian literature --- Littérature russe --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Dovlatov, Sergeĭ.
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Russian literature --- History and criticism --- Dovlatov, Sergeĭ --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Soviet Union --- Intellectual life.
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Russian literature --- Russian literature --- Littérature russe --- Littérature russe --- Study and teaching. --- Study and teaching --- Etude et enseignement --- Etude et enseignement --- Tokareva, Viktorii︠a︡. --- Dovlatov, Sergeĭ --- Petrushevskai︠a︡, Li︠u︡dmila --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Criticism and interpretation.
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The largest, most comprehensive anthology of its kind, this volume brings together significant, representative stories from every decade of the twentieth century. It includes the prose of officially recognized writers and dissidents, both well-known and neglected or forgotten, plus new authors from the end of the century. The selections reflect the various literary trends and approaches to depicting reality in this era: traditional realism, modernism, socialist realism, and post-modernism. Taken as a whole, the stories capture every major aspect of Russian life, history and culture in the twentieth century. The rich array of themes and styles will be of tremendous interest to students and readers who want to learn about Russia through the engaging genre of the short story.
Short stories, Russian --- Russian fiction --- Russian fiction. --- Short stories, Russian. --- 1900-1999. --- A Tolstoy. --- Babel. --- Bulgakov. --- Bunin. --- Dovlatov. --- Eastern Europe. --- Kharms. --- Nabokov. --- Platonov. --- Russia. --- Solzhenitsyn. --- Sorokin. --- Zamyatin. --- course reader. --- culture. --- literary trends. --- literature. --- modernisms. --- political dissidents. --- postmodernism. --- short stories. --- socialist realism. --- style. --- translated fiction. --- writing.
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