Absurdistan

Absurdistan

By Gary Shteyngart
Unabridged
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“This novel is so immodestly vigorous, so burstingly sure of its barbaric excellence, that simply by breathing, sweating, and standing upright it exalts itself…Compared with most young novelists his age, who tend toward cutesy involution, Shteyngart is a giant mounted on horseback. He ranges more widely, sees more sweepingly, and gets where he’s going with far more aplomb.”

New York Times Book Review

Named as one of the New York Times Year's Ten Best upon its publication, Gary Shteyngart's Absurdistan is a biting, poignant satire of American-style democracy and the American Dream. After returning to Russia to attend his father's funeral, 30-year-old Misha is subsequently denied a visa when he attempts to re-enter the United States. What follows is a series of misadventures through the Eastern Bloc in which Misha runs afoul of crooked politicians, businessmen, and bureaucracies all seemingly determined to keep him from his new home country.