The Suitcase

CHEMODAN (The Suitcase)

Copyright © 1986 by Sergei Dovlatov

Translation © Antonina W. Bouis, 1990, 2011

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This is a work of fiction.

The Suitcase first published in Russian as Чемоdан by Эрмumahc in 1986 This translation first published in the US by Grove Weidenfeld in 1990

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