Craft

"Craft" — an autobiographical novella by Dovlatov, divided into two parts: the first dedicated to life in the Soviet Union, the second – to life in the USA. In it, the portraits of different people, domestic sketches, and reflections on the country and time come together to form a unified picture of the world, in which craft becomes the writer's only salvation. This book, like life itself, is full of complexities and contradictions, funny and sad situations. It is about how what is called a calling changes a person's fate...