The Suitcase (novel)

The Suitcase (Чемодан) is a novel by Sergei Dovlatov, published in Russian in 1986 and in English translation by Antonina W. Bouis in 1990. Although loosely connected into a novel, The Suitcase is a collection of eight stories of life in the Soviet Union based on eight items brought in the author's suitcase from the USSR to exile in the US in 1978.