A Foreign Woman

A Foreign Woman (Russian: Иностранка) is a novel by the Russian writer Sergei Dovlatov.

Plot introduction

The story is set in New York in the 1980s and begins with a description of the narrator's neighbourhood and the Russian immigrants who live there. It then moves back in time and over to the Soviet Union to describe a young woman called Marusia Tatarovich who, in time, emigrates to America.^[1]

Publication history

The book was published in New York by Russica Publishers in 1986.

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