Dovlatov and Surroundings

Dovlatov
and Surroundings is a literary ode by one of the most
consequential late 20th-century Russian writers, Alexander Genis, to
another: Sergei Dovlatov. Characterized by Genis as an obituary, this book
makes plain the significance of Dovlatov to Russian literature and the nuances
of post-Soviet language, culture, politics, and literature.