- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Granta Books (4 Jun 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1862079722
- ISBN-13: 978-1862079724
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 87,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'The post-Soviet era's own Joseph Heller.' -- Salon *'Like a victorious wrestler, this novel is so immodestly vigorous, so burstingly sure of its barbaric excellence, that simply by breathing, sweating and standing upright it exalts itself.' -- New York Times Book Review *'It's the best American comic novel since 'The Confederacy of Dunces.' -- Simon Schama
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"A deeply funny and intelligent take on 21st century troubles.
Absurdistan will have you in stiches from start to finish."
Absurdistan will have you in stiches from start to finish."
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Satire gets no better then this.,
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This review is from: Absurdistan (Paperback)
What a fantastic book. I bought it to keep me company during a 5 week trip to Belarus, unfortunately the book was far better then the trip. The story of Misha bear, the son of a dead oligarch who inherits his fathers wealth and heads south to Absurdistan in order to somehow head West to his great love New York.
Absurdistan ( read Azerbaijan )is a corrupt, poor country reliant on oil wealth. It is into this world of corruption,intrigue and American king making that Misha and his deformed khui head. I read this book and was constantly thinking how clever the author is, cleverer then Rushdie at his best. There are poor reviews but I can only think that it went over peoples heads because I cannot fault it. Maybe my knowledge and love of Russia/Russians helped me enjoy it more then the average reader. Who knows and who cares? Not me, I loved it! Read it and you will think "WOW!"
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very clever, very dark,
By Andy (Berkshire, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Absurdistan (Paperback)
Enjoy for the quality of the writing, the ideas, the black humour, and the cuts of deep satire.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it,
This review is from: Absurdistan (Paperback)
I picked this book up randomly at an airport bookshop and I absolutely loved it. I would recommend it to anyone of my (and Shteyngart's)generation with a reasonably international outlook on life - particularly anyone with connections to Eastern Europe, Central Asia or the Middle East.
The reviews here haven't said much about the Jewish references in the book. They run through it all the way and I found them hilarious - Misha's proposal for a museum of Sevo-Jewish friendship was a particular high point. I live in Warsaw, where it's hard to get away from memories of the Holocaust, (and where they're currently building a museum of Polish-Jewish history) but this book provides a fascinating new take on how it may be perceived nowadays. Much more original than say, Safran Foer's maudlin novels. As for the end of the book - which some of the reviewers here felt let down by - I was intrigued about the significance of the date, which is mentioned both at the beginning and the end. Misha gets out of Absurdistan early in the morning of September 11 2001. So we know what happens next, don't we?
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