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The Russian Debutante's Handbook - Paperback By Shteyngart, Gary - GOOD
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- ISBN
- 1573229881
- Book Title
- Russian Debutante's Handbook : a Novel
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, Literary, Coming of Age, Humorous / General
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Item Weight
- 12 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 496 Pages
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NAMED ONE OF THE ATLANTIC 'S GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS A visionary novel from the New York Times bestselling 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 "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 is both a highly imaginative romp and a serious exploration of what it means to be an immigrant in America.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1573229881
ISBN-13
9781573229883
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2356342
Product Key Features
Book Title
Russian Debutante's Handbook : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Literary, Coming of Age, Humorous / General
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ps3619.H79 R87 2002
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Reviews
"Rowdy, ribald, funny...this superb debut [is] the real thing."— Esquire "As attuned to the exhilarating possibilities of the language as Martin Amis, as deadpan and funny as the young Evelyn Waugh."—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "In Vladimir Girshkin, the wisecracking, lovelorn, desperately self-reinventing protagonist, Shteyngart has given us a literary symbol for this new immigrant age, much as Saul Bellow or Henry Roth did in theirs..."—Chris Lehmann, The Washington Post "A brilliant, funny debut describing the vicissitudes of immigration today, as experienced by the hero, a young Russian-American."— Harper''s Bazaar "The rampaging narrative is festooned on every page with glittering one-liners, improbably apt similes, and other miniature pleasures."— Elle "If Henry Miller were Russian, this is a book he might have written."— Time Out New York "[Gary Shteyngart''s] sense of the exploded past and volatile present suffuses this gifted first novel..." — O. Magazine, "Rowdy, ribald, funny...this superb debut [is] the real thing."- Esquire "As attuned to the exhilarating possibilities of the language as Martin Amis, as deadpan and funny as the young Evelyn Waugh."-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "In Vladimir Girshkin, the wisecracking, lovelorn, desperately self-reinventing protagonist, Shteyngart has given us a literary symbol for this new immigrant age, much as Saul Bellow or Henry Roth did in theirs..."-Chris Lehmann, The Washington Post "A brilliant, funny debut describing the vicissitudes of immigration today, as experienced by the hero, a young Russian-American."- Harper's Bazaar "The rampaging narrative is festooned on every page with glittering one-liners, improbably apt similes, and other miniature pleasures."- Elle "If Henry Miller were Russian, this is a book he might have written."- Time Out New York "[Gary Shteyngart's] sense of the exploded past and volatile present suffuses this gifted first novel..." - O. Magazine, "Rowdy, ribald, funny...this superb debut [is] the real thing."-- Esquire "As attuned to the exhilarating possibilities of the language as Martin Amis, as deadpan and funny as the young Evelyn Waugh."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "In Vladimir Girshkin, the wisecracking, lovelorn, desperately self-reinventing protagonist, Shteyngart has given us a literary symbol for this new immigrant age, much as Saul Bellow or Henry Roth did in theirs..."--Chris Lehmann, The Washington Post "A brilliant, funny debut describing the vicissitudes of immigration today, as experienced by the hero, a young Russian-American."-- Harper's Bazaar "The rampaging narrative is festooned on every page with glittering one-liners, improbably apt similes, and other miniature pleasures."-- Elle "If Henry Miller were Russian, this is a book he might have written."-- Time Out New York "[Gary Shteyngart's] sense of the exploded past and volatile present suffuses this gifted first novel..." -- O. Magazine, Brilliant. (Harper's Bazaar) A satisfying skewering all-round. (Time) A wholly original delight. (Entertainment Weekly) Uproarious and highly entertaining...(The New York Times) Energetic, sparkling...impressive. (Los Angeles Times) Mr. Shteyngart has introduced himself as one of the most talented and entertaining writers of his generation. (New York Observer) Rowdy, ribald, funny...This superb debut [is] the real thing. (Esquire) Not to be missed. (Wall Street Journal)
Copyright Date
2002
Lccn
2001-047676
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Dewey Edition
21
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