Welcome to 3rd quarter OR! On this blog we will be discussing Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart. Here is a brief summary of the book."Set in Russia in the summer of 2001, this riotously original novel stars one Misha Vainburg, the dissipated, American-educated, 325-pound son of Boris Vainburg, a Russian Jewish dissident-turned-oligarch after the fall of the Soviet Union and the "1,238th richest man in Russia." After spending some time in St. Petersburg, Misha longs to return to America to join Rouenna, his streetwise New York girlfriend. Barred from getting a visa because his father killed an American businessman, Misha journeys to the Caspian republic of Absurdistan, from which he hopes to emigrate after getting Belgian citizenship. Upon his arrival, he faces a phony civil war, concocted to gain American economic support. With the borders closed, and stuck in the midst of a war that's increasingly real, Misha finds himself growing up in unexpected ways. Richly satiric and filled with trenchant one-liners, this tale often reads like a Russian version of A Confederacy of Dunces (with a bit of The Idiot and The Mouse That Roared thrown in)."
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1. I am interested in Russian culture and Political Science.
ReplyDelete2. I already have a copy from the library.
Max Cartwright, Mrs. Jarrett, hour 5
ReplyDelete1. I am interested in Absurdistan because it seems like a "dark humor" and witty book.
2. I will buy the book at Barnes and Noble.
Charlie Harmon
ReplyDelete1. I want to read Absurdistan because I am interested in Russia and also would like to read an interesting satire.
2. On thursday I will get the book at barnes and nobele.
1. i want to read this book since it has some relevance to the history of The region and this interests me.
ReplyDelete2.i will get it tuesday afternoon at barnes and noble