Absurdistan
Meet Misha Vainberg, aka Snack Daddy, a 325-pound disaster of a human being, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia and proud holder of a degree in multicultural studies from Accidental College, USA. Misha is an American... See More
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(344 reviews)
Quick ViewMeet Misha Vainberg, aka Snack Daddy, a 325-pound disaster of a human being, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia and proud holder of a degree in multicultural studies from Accidental College, USA. Misha is an American... See More
Amerika in de nabije toekomst. Het land is failliet en in oorlog met Venezuela. Central Park is uitgegroeid tot een getto, en iedereen loopt verplicht rond met een äppärät - de smartphone van de toekomst, waarmee alle... See More
(2,682 reviews)
Quick View'Gary Shteyngart hears America perfectly; its fatuity, its poignant lament, its boisterous self-loathing. Its heartbeat. Reading him sometimes makes me want to scream - with recognition and with pure hilarity' - Richard... See More
Shteyngarts nieuwe roman over de begindagen van de coronapandemie 'Shteyngarts beste werk tot nu toe. [... ] Onze vrienden is de perfecte roman voor de tijd waarin we nu leven.' The New York Times Maart 2020. De wereld is... See More
(1,314 review)
Quick ViewIn a very near future, a functionally illiterate America is about to collapse. But don't tell that to poor Lenny Abramov, proud author of what may well be the world's last diary. Despite his job at an outfit called... See More
(39 reviews)
Quick ViewUma visão hilária da América de Trump e um mergulho comovente e divertido na vida em família. O fundo bilionário que Barry Cohen administra está sob investigação. Seu filho de três anos acaba de receber o... See More
(73 reviews)
Quick ViewIgor, ein asthmatischer kleiner Junge, der mit seinen Eltern in Leningrad lebt, wächst mit Sehnsüchten auf: nach Essen, nach Bestätigung, nach Wörtern. Als er fünf ist, schreibt er unter dem Einfluss seines... See More
(21 reviews)
Quick ViewEine witzig-schräge Erzählung über das Amerika der Zukunft - und über den großen Wert der Menschlichkeit in allen Zeiten Amerika, in einer nahen Zukunft: Das Land steht vor dem finanziellen Kollaps und die eigentlich... See More
(134 reviews)
Quick ViewEin wahnwitziger Roadtrip durch das zerrissene Amerika Barry Cohen, Sohn eines jüdischen Poolreinigers aus der Bronx, lebt den amerikanischen Traum mit großem Haus und bildschöner Ehefrau. Doch dann kommt der Tag, an dem... See More
(124 reviews)
Quick ViewDas populärste Buch des großen amerikanischen Erzählers: Ein Haus auf dem Land, acht Freunde, vier Romanzen und sechs Monate in Isolation Es ist März 2020, und eine uns wohlvertraute Katastrophe zieht am Horizont auf... See More
(1,224 review)
Quick ViewLittle Failure is an autobiography of comic genius by the hilarious Gary Shteyngart. Little Failure - its title the same as the alarming pet-name given to the young Gary Shteyngart by his father when growing up in... See More
(3,215 reviews)
Quick View***New York Times bestseller, shortlisted for 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction!*** 'It's a true pleasure to sink into Shteyngart's expansive, benevolent storytelling' Sunday Times 'A... See More
(24 reviews)
Quick ViewTraduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Stéphane Roques. Gary Shteyngart, l'auteur facétieux de Super triste histoire d'amour, a d'abord été le petit Igor, frêle garçon juif et asthmatique, courant gaiement autour de... See More
(66 reviews)
Quick ViewÀ quarante-trois ans, Barry Cohen, New-Yorkais survolté à la tête d'un fonds spéculatif de 2,4 milliards de dollars est au bord du précipice. Sous le coup d'une enquête de la Commission boursière, accablé par la... See More
(1 review)
Quick ViewA finales de los setenta, los cambios en la política mundial tendrán una influencia decisiva en la vida de Igor, un niño enclenque y asmático de Leningrado. Jimmy Carter y Leonid Brézhnev han acordado intercambiar... See More
(5 reviews)
Quick ViewRasant, urkomisch und bitterböse. Vladimir Girshkin wurde in Leningrad geboren, mit zwölf kam er nach New York. Jetzt ist er 25 und fragt sich, ob sein Job im Emma-Lazarus-Verein zur Förderung der Einwandererintegration... See More
(13 reviews)
Quick ViewToques autobiográficos, humor depreciativo, picardia e uma ponta de melancolia sempre frequentaram os livros do russo radicado nos EUA Gary Shteyngart, um dos mais talentosos romancistas de sua geração. Mas o autor de... See More
(2 reviews)
Quick Viewn The Good Books, over 50 writers -- including Yiyun Li, Anne Fadiman, Karen Russell, Gary Shteyngart, David Shields, and many more -- choose the works in translation they'd bring to a great global book swap. Also featured... See More
(99 reviews)
Quick View«Un libro geniale, esuberante, un'opera di autentico virtuosismo.» Literary Review «In Destinazione America Gary Shteyngart fotografa perfettamente il Paese: la sua vacuità, i suoi lamenti, l'esibito disprezzo di sé... See More
(12 reviews)
Quick View«La grande tradizione fantastico-satirico russa, da Gogol' a Bulgakov... a Shteyngart.» THE NEW YORK TIMES «Portnoy incontra ?echov. Che cosa ci può essere di meglio?» Adam Gopnik Vladimir Gir?kin conduce... See More
(3 reviews)
Quick ViewUna atinada visión de la transición del infierno del socialismo al infierno del capitalismo. Bienvenido a Absurdistán, reino del petróleo y la ambición desmedida. A Misha Vainberg le cierran las puertas de Estados... See More
(21 reviews)
Quick ViewUno de los mejores libros del año según The New York Times Book Review, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR,The Washington Post, O: The Oprah Magazine, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews y Financial Times, entre otros, elogiado... See More
(9 reviews)
Quick View«Shteyngart è un patrimonio nazionale. Ha spesso scritto con grande humour e grande cuore, ma mai come in questo romanzo.» Jonathan Safran Foer «Un romanzo perfetto per quest'epoca e per tutte le epoche, l'unico reperto... See More