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Originally published 1986 | 4.2/5 Goodreads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Works by Sergei Dovlatov The Suitcase, The compromise, Pushkin Hills, The Zone: A Prison Camp Gu, The invisible book | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Foreign Woman (Russian: Иностранка) is a novel by the Russian writer Sergei Dovlatov.
Contents
Plot introduction
The story is set in New York City in the 1980s and begins with a description of the narrator's neighbourhood and the Russian immigrants who live there. It then moves back in time and over to the Soviet Union to describe a young woman called Marusia Tatarovich who, in time, emigrates to America.
Publication history
The book was published in New York by Russica Publishers in 1986.
References
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