The Russian Debutante's Handbook

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"p attuned to the ^'xhilarstmg possibilities of the language as Martin Rmis, as deadpan and funny as the young Euelyn lllaugh."
-Michiko Kakutani, Ihe New Vork Times
"In Uladimir Girshkm, the uiisecracking, louelorn, desperately self-reinuenting protagonist, Shteyngart has giuen us a literary symbol for this neiu immigrant age, much as Saul Belloui or Henry Roth did in theirs." \ -Chris Lehmann, I. The Ulashmgton Post
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he 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 "Little Failure" by his high-achieving mother, Vladimir toils his days away as a lowly clerk at the bureaucratic Emma Lazarus Immigrant Absorption Society. When a wealthy but psychotic old Russian war hero appears, Vladimir embarks on an adventure of unrelenting lunacy that takes us from New York's Lower East Side to the hip frontier wilderness of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"p attuned to the ^'xhilarstmg possibilities of the language as Martin Rmis, as deadpan and funny as the young Euelyn lllaugh."
-Michiko Kakutani, Ihe New Vork Times
"In Uladimir Girshkm, the uiisecracking, louelorn, desperately self-reinuenting protagonist, Shteyngart has giuen us a literary symbol for this neiu immigrant age, much as Saul Belloui or Henry Roth did in theirs." \ -Chris Lehmann, I. The Ulashmgton Post
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he 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 "Little Failure" by his high-achieving mother, Vladimir toils his days away as a lowly clerk at the bureaucratic Emma Lazarus Immigrant Absorption Society. When a wealthy but psychotic old Russian war hero appears, Vladimir embarks on an adventure of unrelenting lunacy that takes us from New York's Lower East Side to the hip frontier wilderness of Prava-the Eastern European Paris of the nineties. With the help of a murderous but fun-loving Russian mafioso, Vladimir infiltrates the Prava expat community and launches a scheme as ridiculous as it is brilliant.
Bursting with wit, humor, and rare insight. The Russian Debutante's Handbook \s both a highly imaginative romp and a serious exploration of what it means to be an immigrant in America.
Gary Shteyngart was born in Leningrad in 1972. This novel won the Stephen Crane First Fiction Award, was named a New York Times Notable Book, and was chosen as a best book of the year by the Washington Post Book World Entertainment Weekly. His second novel, Absurdistan, was one of the New York Times' Best Books of 2006, and named a best book of the year by Time and the Washington Post. His work has appeared in the New Yorker. Granta. and other publications. He lives in New York City.
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