by Gary Shteyngart · Random House Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780812971675
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«Absurdistan» is Gary Shteyngart's satirical novel, published by Random House Publishing Group in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Misha Vainberg, son of the 1,238th richest man in Russia, wants to return to New York with his girlfriend Rouenna, but visa denial and his father's death lead him to Absurdistan, a small oil-rich country. There he tries to buy a fake passport and ends up trapped in a civil war, made minister of multicultural affairs.
Reprint of Random House Trade Paperbacks; the author's previous work is The Russian Debutante's Handbook.
Aimed at readers of political satire and humor with social undertones, especially about post-Soviet transformation.
Gary Shteyngart is a Soviet-born American writer. He is the author of six novels, and a memoir. Much of his work is satirical.
