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Gary shteyngart is the author of the memoir little failure and three novels, most recently super sad true love story. Incredibly smart, incredibly funny, incredibly tragic, and therefore incredibly human. Gary shteyngart was born in leningrad in 1972 and came to the united states seven years later. Super sad true love story by gary shteyngart books on. Gary shteyngart will present his new memoir little failure. Shteyngart shares his american immigrant experience, moving back and forth through time and memory with selfdeprecating humor, moving insights, and literary. Little failure gary shteyngart on immigrant parents and going memoir nothings ever good enough for them, laments the author of three bestsellers. Gary shteyngart, author of little failure in little failure, the novelist recounts his emigration from the ussr to the u. Get book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of.
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