May 10, 2007 gary shteyngart chronicles life in absurdistan gary shteyngart came to the united states in 1979 as a 7 year old sovietjewish kid. Berliner taschenbuch verlag, 2008 isbn 97838333 05436. The books preface is entitled where im calling from, the name of a carver story from cathedral and the title of his selected stories. Absurdistan also available in format docx and mobi. Its narrative pivots around the adventures of misha vainberg, the obese and unfortunate son of the 1,238thrichest man in russia, as he tries to find his way back to his love. Ive just finished reading his new novel, absurdistan, and the figure of its morbidly obese narrator, misha vainberg, is preoccupying my thoughts. May 09, 2006 shteyngarts eye for the comic horrors of modern life remains acute. Gary shteyngart s novel, absurdistan 2006, begins with a reference to the short story writer raymond carver.
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