Sergei Dovlatov

Literatura en ruso: ficción.

Written in Sergei Dovlatovs unique voice and unmatched style, The Zone is a satirical novelization of Dovlatovs time as a prison guard for the Soviet Army in the early 1960s. Snapshots of the prison are juxtaposed with the narrators letters to Igor Markovich of Hermitage Press in which he urges Igor to publish the very book were reading. As Igor receives portions of the prison camp manuscript, so too does the reader.Arguably Dovlatovs most significant work, The Zone illuminates the twisted absurdity of the life of a prison guard: "Almost any prisoner would have been suited to the role of a guard. Almost any guard deserved a prison term." Full of Dovlatovs trademark dark humor and dry wit, The Zones narrator is an extension of his author, and the book fittingly begins with the following disclaimer: "The names, events, and dates given here are all real. I invented only those details that were not essential. Therefore, any resemblance between the characters in this book and living people is intentional and malicious. And all fictionalizing was unexpected and accidental." What follows is a complex novel that captures two sides of Dovlatov: the writer and the man.

Sergei Dovlatovs subtle, darkedged humor and wry observations are in full force in The Suitcase as he examines eight objectsthe items he brought with him in his luggage upon his emigration from the U.S.S.R. These seemingly undistinguished possessions, stuffed into a wornout suitcase, take on a riotously funny life of their own as Dovlatov inventories the circumstances under which he acquired them, occasioning a brilliant series of interconnected tales: A poplin shirt evokes the bittersweet story of a courtship and marriage, while a pair of boots (of the kind only the Nomenklatura can afford) calls up the hilarious conclusion to an official banquet. Some driving glovesremnants of Dovlatovs shortlived acting careershare space with neongreen crepe socks, reminders of a failed blackmarket scam. And in curious juxtaposition, the belt from a prison guards uniform lies next to a stained jacket that once belonged to Fernand Leger.Imbued with a comic nostalgia overlaid with Dovlatovs characteristically dry wit, The Suitcase is an intensely human, delightfully ironic novel from "the finest Soviet satirist to appear in English since Vladimir Voinovich."

Narra el llarg cami de l'obra inèdita a la publicació. Consta de dues parts: El llibre invisible i El diari invisible. Des de ben jove Dovlatov sabiq que haruaia de triar entre l'entusiasme soviètic

A La filial ens parla dels anys destudiant a la Universitat a Leningrad, de la seva experiencia radiofonica a Nova York, lenamorament i les relacions de la comunitat russa immigrada. Som a finals de la decada de 1980. A la Unio Sovietica es parla de Perestroika pero el regim encara mira devitar que els seus ciutadans escoltin La Tercera Ona, emissora de radio amb seu Nova York on treballa lescriptor rus Dalmatov, exiliat als Estats Units. No es un entusiasta del nou pais i es resisteix a lautoritat del director, que no li diu que ha de dir pero si que no ha de dir. I ara li toca anar a California i fer un reportatge sobre el congres El futur de Russia. A la convencio hi ha ponencies dalguns professors americans i duna amalgama de russos exiliats dorigens antagonics: liberals, nacionalistas eslavofils, antics aristocrates o lescriptor Eduard Limonov. Tots ells formen la filial, la Russia a lexili. I molts dells es consideren la llavor duna Russia futura, cadascu a la seva manera, cosa que crea tensions delirants i intrigues en un grup estrambotic a la recerca dun desti amb final feliç.Lestada a Los Angeles es complica quan Dalmatov rep una visita inesperada a lhabitacio de lhotel. La Tassia, lamor de joventut que el va plantar fa quinze anys, preten enredar-li la vida, de nou, ara que ja pentina cabells blancs i es gat vell.

Objektu gutxi batzuez beteriko maleta bat da. Dovlatovek Sobiet Batasunetik AEBetara emigratu zuenean berekin hartu zuen maleta. Emigratzeko asmotan dela, hara non esaten dioten hiru maleta besterik ezin duela eraman. Puskak biltzen hasi, eta ohartzen da hiru maleta ez, bakar bat aski duela bere ondasun guztiak sartzeko. Bere bizitza osoa maleta ezdeus batean bildurik. Eta halaxe abiatzen du kontakizuna, ipuin bat josiz maletan sartu zituen objektu bakoitzaren inguruan. Oroitzapen bat objektu bakoitzeko.Eta halaxe harilkatzen ditu bere bizitzako zenbait pasarte, banan-banan, atzean utzi duen munduaren garratza, absurdoa eta zentzugabetasuna agerian utziz. Narrazio guztiak bere ohiko estilo arinean daude idatzirik: estilo arina, baina baita zorrotza, fina, gardena, sarkastikoa, garratza, ziztakaria ere. Eta vodkaz, vodka askoz bustirik.

Narrativa

Al igual que la mayoría de las obras de Serguei Dovlátov, La maleta está teñida de un fuerte componente autobiográfico, algo inevitable en un autor con una intensa vida marcada por las circunstancias historicas. El protagonista de la narracion se ve obligado a hacer el equipaje para emprender un largo viaje de ida sin billete de vuelta. Mientras va introduciendo en una unica maleta todos los objetos que le van a acompañar -muchos menos de los que se esperaba-, el narrador va recuperando episodios de su pasado, fragmentos de una trayectoria vital que le ha llevado hasta donde esta ahora, pero con la que inevitablemente debe cortar de raiz. A partir de una ingeniosa excusa narrativa, Serguei Dovlatov va retratando con un humor corrosivo, un toque de melancolia y un lenguaje sencillo pero contundente la dificil situacion que se padecia en la Union Sovietica real, tan alejada de la version oficial que se vendia al exterior.