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Absurdistan. Gary Shteyngart

by Gary Shteyngart
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Absurdistan: A hilarious tale of displacement.

Absurdistan could be a good read for those who enjoy humor in unlikely situations. This book is unique in its depiction of Misha, a character who feels like an outsider in his own body. The author uses humor to explore the themes of displacement, cultural identity, and love. The book's most distinctive feature is the absurdity of the situations that Misha finds himself in throughout the story. Readers would review this book as a laugh-out-loud journey through a bizarre yet relatable world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Absurdistan. Gary Shteyngart

by Gary Shteyngart
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ISBN: 9781847080066
Authors: Gary Shteyngart
Publisher: Granta Books
Date of Publication: 2008-02-04
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.32
(rated by 13597 readers)

Description

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 impounded in a Russian's body and the only place he feels at home is New York; he just wants to live in the South Bronx with his 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 (a fictional former Soviet republic), 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.
 

Absurdistan: A hilarious tale of displacement.

Absurdistan could be a good read for those who enjoy humor in unlikely situations. This book is unique in its depiction of Misha, a character who feels like an outsider in his own body. The author uses humor to explore the themes of displacement, cultural identity, and love. The book's most distinctive feature is the absurdity of the situations that Misha finds himself in throughout the story. Readers would review this book as a laugh-out-loud journey through a bizarre yet relatable world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.