Эпистолярный роман с Игорем Ефимовым

by Sergei Dovlatov

Sergei Dovlatov (1941-1990) and Igor' Efimov, peers, compatriots and writers, became close friends in emigration. Dovlatov's letters are sincere, smart, bitter, and funny like almost everything Dovlatov wrote. Dovlatov was one of very few among modern Russian writers who became quite successful and popular with American publishers and readers. Supplements include two essays, by Efimov on the first anniversary of Dovlatov's death and by Ia. Gordin about Igor' Efimov and his literary works; name index.

462 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Sergei Dovlatov (Russian: Сергей Довлатов) was born in Ufa, Bashkiria (U.S.S.R.), in 1941. He dropped out of the University of Leningrad after two years and was drafted into the army, serving as a guard in high-security prison camps. In 1965 he began to work as a journalist, first in Leningrad and then in Tallinn, Estonia. After a period of intense harassment by the authorities, he emigrated to the United States in 1978. He lived in New York until his death in 1990.