Dovlatov and Surroundings

Dovlatovand Surroundings is a literary ode by one of the mostconsequential late 20th-century Russian writers, Alexander Genis, toanother: Sergei Dovlatov. Characterized by Genis as an obituary, this bookmakes plain the significance of Dovlatov to Russian literature and the nuancesof post-Soviet language, culture, politics, and literature.