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A Foreign Woman
After leaving the Soviet Union following a series of unsatisfying relationships, Marusya Tatarovich quickly becomes the center of the Russian community in Queens, New York, but finds that it mirrors in many ways the community she left behind
Hardcover, 113 pages
Published
August 7th 1991
by Grove/Atlantic
(first published August 1991)
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О, это было нечто!
Мне так понравился его "Чемодан", что решила продолжить знакомство с его творчеством.
Конкретно "Иностранка" привлекла посвещением: "Одиноким русским женщинам в Америке - с любовью, грустью и надеждой" Чего я ожидала? Сложно сформулировать, но уж точно не того, что получила.
Слог письма убивает. "Пошла туда", "позвонила", "воскликнула" и т.д. Жутко примитивно. И как-то неестественно, не смотря на якобы реальность истории. Помимо прочего, много лишнего - десятки страниц описания ж...more
Мне так понравился его "Чемодан", что решила продолжить знакомство с его творчеством.
Конкретно "Иностранка" привлекла посвещением: "Одиноким русским женщинам в Америке - с любовью, грустью и надеждой" Чего я ожидала? Сложно сформулировать, но уж точно не того, что получила.
Слог письма убивает. "Пошла туда", "позвонила", "воскликнула" и т.д. Жутко примитивно. И как-то неестественно, не смотря на якобы реальность истории. Помимо прочего, много лишнего - десятки страниц описания ж...more
Underrated and seemingly forgotten, Dovlatov remains one of my favorite writers. His style, called "laconic" and "witty," earned him comparisons to one of his admirers, Kurt Vonnegut. This is not my favorite of his works (that would be The Compromise), but even on an off day, Dovlatov is nothing short of fun.
неожиданно приятное чтиво. Если бы народ в СССР мог это прочесть, они бы перестали восхищаться американщиной - просто поняли бы, что это и круто, несладко.
A strange and wonderfully fun book. I'll definitely read others of his.
My new favorite.
I had three long conversations with Marusya over a cup of coffee. She told me her whole rather silly story. To some degree we became friends. I like people like that--doomed, dying, helpless, and brazen. I always say, if you're in trouble, you're not sinning.
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Sales were lukewarm. Back home there was no freedom, but there were readers. Here there was freedom enough, but readers were missing.
I had three long conversations with Marusya over a cup of coffee. She told me her whole rather silly story. To some degree we became friends. I like people like that--doomed, dying, helpless, and brazen. I always say, if you're in trouble, you're not sinning.
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Sales were lukewarm. Back home there was no freedom, but there were readers. Here there was freedom enough, but readers were missing.
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I enjoyed it, but I find the main character annoying, she is so plain, but still, it is quite a good book.
просто офигеть! для всех с одробиной чувства юмора!
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“I had three long conversations with Marusya over a cup of coffee. She told me her whole rather silly story. To some degree we became friends. I like people like that--doomed, dying, helpless, and brazen. I always say, if you're in trouble, you're not sinning.”
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давалась Баранову. И тогда Лева с горя превратился в абстракциониста(...). Соседи жаловались на Леву участковому милиционеру:
- Пьет, дебоширит, занимается каким-то абстрактным цинизмом...”
