Gary Shteyngart: 9 books

Heralded as “one of his generation’s most original and exhilarating writers” by The New York Times, Gary Shteyngart has fused his literary chops and biting humor into one-of-a-kind fiction that provokes, inspires, and entertains—sometimes all at once. Throughout the two bestselling novels...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMES • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MORE THAN 45 PUBLICATIONS,...

“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...

**“Spectacular.”—NPR • “Uproariously funny.”—*The Boston Globe *• “An artistic triumph.”—*San Francisco Chronicle *• “A novel in which comedy and pathos are exquisitely balanced.”—*The Washington Post *• “Shteyngart’s best book.”—The Seattle Times The...

Lee Child's street corner. Gary Shteyngart's bed. Joyce Carol Oates's classroom. Roxane Gay's dream house. Billy Collins's New York City. Aimee Mann and Jonathan Coulton's kitchen. Valeria Luiselli's writing desk. Sloane Crosley's conference call. Alain Mabanckou's Department of Human Resources. Jonathan...

«In Destinazione America Gary Shteyngart fotografa perfettamente il Paese: la sua vacuità, i suoi lamenti, l'esibito disprezzo di sé » Richard Ford «Un libro geniale, esuberante, un’opera di autentico virtuosismo.» Literary Review «Un romanzo ambizioso sullo stato della nazione,...

«La grande tradizione fantastico-satirico russa, da Gogol’ a Bulgakov… a Shteyngart.»THE NEW YORK TIMES «Portnoy incontra Čechov. Che cosa ci può essere di meglio?»Adam Gopnik Vladimir Girškin conduce un’esistenza noiosa in un piccolo appartamento dell’East Side di New...

A visionary novel from the author of Super Sad True Love Story and Little Failure. The Russian Debutante's Handbook introduces Vladimir Girshkin, one of the most original and unlikely heroes of recent times. The twenty-five-year-old unhappy lover to a fat dungeon mistress, affectionately nicknamed...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deliciously dark tale of America’s dysfunctional coming years—and the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe •...