Pushkin Hills by Sergei Dovlatov
An unsuccessful writer and an inveterate alcoholic, Boris Alikhanov has recently divorced his wife Tatyana, and he is running out of money. The prospect of a summer job as a tour guide at the Pushkin Hills Preserve offers him hope of regaining some balance in life as his wife makes plans to emigrate to the West with their daughter Masha, but during Alikhanov's stay in the rural estate of Mikhaylovskoye, his life continues to unravel. Populated with unforgettable characters--including Alikhanov's fellow guides Mitrofanov and Pototsky, and the KGB officer Belyaev--Pushkin Hills ranks among Dovlatov's renowned works The Suitcase and The Zone as his most personal and poignant portrayal of the Russian attitude towards life and art.Sergei Dovlatov was born in 1941 in Ufa, Bashkiria (USSR). After two years at the University of Leningrad, he was drafted into the army and served as a prison guard in high-security prison camps. He started working as a journalist in 1965, first in Leningrad, then in Tallinn, Estonia. He came to the United States in 1978 after a period of continuous harassment by the government. Until his death in 1990, he resided in New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781619024779 |
| ISBN 10 | 1619024772 |
| Title | Pushkin Hills |
| Author | Sergei Dovlatov |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Counterpoint |
| Year published | 2015-03-17 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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