# The Zone

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- Book: [The Zone](https://www.bookquiver.com/sergei-dovlatov/the-zone) ([The Zone.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sergei-dovlatov/the-zone.md))
- Authors: [Sergei Dovlatov](https://www.bookquiver.com/sergei-dovlatov)
- Publisher: counterpoint
- ISBN: 978-15-8243-748-4
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2012-01-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Written in Sergei Dovlatov's unique voice and unmatched style, The Zone is a satirical novelization of Dovlatov's time as a prison guard for the Soviet Army in the early 1960s. Snapshots of the prison...