Gary Shteyngart
Writer Puts the 'I!' in Russia!
via readrussia.com
Media Mob just received the Summer 2008 issue of Russia!, the premier glossy for hip, young people of Russian descent. The cover features a striking drawing of newly installed Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, whose eyes seem to follow you across the room. Russia! editor Michael Idov penned the accompanying story, Meet the New Boss.
For the subset of people still fascinated by the personal life of former Gawker editor Emily Gould, her story on young Russian novelists—including, as her former website gleefully pointed out her ex-boyfriend, novelist Keith Gessen—is given a seven-page spread and the great headline, The Beet Generation. read more »
A Satire for Our Times— Funny, Violent, Vicious
Marion Ettlinger
Gary Shteyngart
Absurdistan is the sort of novel that, if mishandled, could make for a truly fabulous mess. read more »
Comic Hero's Russian Roulette: A Spinning Moral Compass
The Russian Debutante's Handbook , by Gary Shteyngart. Riverhead Books, 464 pages, $24.95.
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