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A Novel
A Novel
By Gary Shteyngart
By Gary Shteyngart
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Category: Literary Fiction
Category: Literary Fiction
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Apr 03, 2007 | ISBN 9780812971675
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May 02, 2006 | ISBN 9781588365309
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About Absurdistan
“Absurdistan is not just a hilarious novel, but a record of a particular peak in the history of human folly. No one is more capable of dealing with the transition from the hell of socialism to the hell of capitalism in Eastern Europe than Shteyngart, the great-great grandson of one Nikolai Gogol and the funniest foreigner alive.”
–Aleksandar Hemon
From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Russian Debutante’s Handbook comes the uproarious and poignant story of one very fat man and one very small country
Meet Misha Vainberg, aka Snack Daddy, a 325-pound disaster of a human being, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, proud holder of a degree in multicultural studies from Accidental College, USA (don’t even ask), and patriot of no country save the great City of New York. Poor Misha just wants to live in the South Bronx with his hot Latina girlfriend, but after his gangster father murders an Oklahoma businessman in Russia, all hopes of a U.S. visa are lost.
Salvation lies in the tiny, oil-rich nation of Absurdistan, where a crooked consular officer will sell Misha a Belgian passport. But after a civil war breaks out between two competing ethnic groups and a local warlord installs hapless Misha as minister of multicultural affairs, our hero soon finds himself covered in oil, fighting for his life, falling in love, and trying to figure out if a normal life is still possible in the twenty-first century.
With the enormous success of The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, Gary Shteyngart established himself as a central figure in today’s literary world—“one of the most talented and entertaining writers of his generation,” according to The New York Observer. In Absurdistan, he delivers an even funnier and wiser literary performance. Misha Vainberg is a hero for the new century, a glimmer of humanity in a world of dashed hopes.
About Absurdistan
“Absurdistan is not just a hilarious novel, but a record of a particular peak in the history of human folly. No one is more capable of dealing with the transition from the hell of socialism to the hell of capitalism in Eastern Europe than Shteyngart, the great-great grandson of one Nikolai Gogol and the funniest foreigner alive.”
–Aleksandar Hemon
From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Russian Debutante’s Handbook comes the uproarious and poignant story of one very fat man and one very small country
Meet Misha Vainberg, aka Snack Daddy, a 325-pound disaster of a human being, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, proud holder of a degree in multicultural studies from Accidental College, USA (don’t even ask), and patriot of no country save the great City of New York. Poor Misha just wants to live in the South Bronx with his hot Latina girlfriend, but after his gangster father murders an Oklahoma businessman in Russia, all hopes of a U.S. visa are lost.
Salvation lies in the tiny, oil-rich nation of Absurdistan, where a crooked consular officer will sell Misha a Belgian passport. But after a civil war breaks out between two competing ethnic groups and a local warlord installs hapless Misha as minister of multicultural affairs, our hero soon finds himself covered in oil, fighting for his life, falling in love, and trying to figure out if a normal life is still possible in the twenty-first century.
With the enormous success of The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, Gary Shteyngart established himself as a central figure in today’s literary world—“one of the most talented and entertaining writers of his generation,” according to The New York Observer. In Absurdistan, he delivers an even funnier and wiser literary performance. Misha Vainberg is a hero for the new century, a glimmer of humanity in a world of dashed hopes.
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About Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngartis theNew York Timesbestselling author of the memoirLittle Failure(a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist) and the novelsSuper Sad True Love Story(winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize),Absurdistan,andThe Russian Debutante’s Handbook(winner of the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction… More about Gary Shteyngart
About Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngartis theNew York Timesbestselling author of the memoirLittle Failure(a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist) and the novelsSuper Sad True Love Story(winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize),Absurdistan,andThe Russian Debutante’s Handbook(winner of the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction… More about Gary Shteyngart
Product Details
Category: Literary Fiction
Paperback | $21.00
Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks
Apr 03, 2007 | 352 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780812971675
Category: Literary Fiction
Ebook | $4.99
Published by Random House
May 02, 2006 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9781588365309
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