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From the bestselling author of "The Russian Debutante's Handbook" comes the uproarious and poignant story of a literally large-than-life character ...Show synopsisFrom the bestselling author of "The Russian Debutante's Handbook" comes the uproarious and poignant story of a literally large-than-life character and his bizarre adventures.Hide synopsis
Absurdistan (Wheeler Publishing) – Hardcover (2007)
by
Gary Shteyngart
Hardcover, Wheeler Publishing 2007
English
Large type / large print.
595 pages
ISBN: 1597224391 ISBN-13: 9781597224390
""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 ...Show more""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 YorkObserver." 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. "From the Hardcover edition."Hide
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The author has a joke going from start to finish. The trouble is, the joke never changes, the anti-hero narrator never develops as a character, and the reader is left wondering just why he/she should spend good time on material that has nowhere to go and no points to make. Sorry, Gary, better luck ...
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I enjoyed this book thoroughly. It's a different take on a society that the media and other authors are marching very much in lockstep to criticize. It is a very thoughtful and witty lampooning of our own idiosyncrasies and predilections toward modernity and comfort at the expense of decency and others ...
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