13 edition of The Russian debutante"s handbook found in the catalog.
Published
2002
by Riverhead Books in New York
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | Gary Shteyngart. |
| Genre | Fiction. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PS3619.H79 R87 2002 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 452 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 452 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL3952160M |
| ISBN 10 | 1573222135 |
| LC Control Number | 2001047676 |
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The twenty-five-year-old unhappy lover to a fat dungeon mistress, affectionately nicknamed “Little Failure” by his high-achieving mother. The Russian Debutante's Handbook tries to be an exploration of immigrant subculture within a global urban landscape.
Beginning in New York, which offers the complete set of props needed to create Author: Popmatters Staff. The Russian Debutante's Handbook is the debut novel by author Gary Shteyngart, published in It follows the exploits of young Russians both in the Alphabet City neighborhood of Manhattan and the European city of Prava (a pseudonym for Prague).
The novel and its author are parodied in Author: Gary Shteyngart. The Russian Debutante's Handbook (Kindle Edition) Published April 29th by Riverhead Books Reissue edition, Kindle Edition, pagesCited by: PART I NEW YORK, 1.
THE STORY OF VLADIMIR GIRSHKIN THE STORY OF VLADIMIR GIRSHKIN—PART P. BARNUM, part V. Lenin, the man who would conquer half of Europe (albeit the wrong half)—begins the way so many other things begin.
The Russian Debutante's Handbook is infused with energy and wit and a brilliant use of language. Hilarious, extravagant, yet uncannily true to life, it follows the adventures of Vladimir, a young Russian-American immigrant, whose capitalist dreams and desires for a.
The Russian Debutante's Handbook won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction, the Book-of-the-Month Club First Fiction Award and the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. It was named a New York Times Notable Book and one of the best debuts of the year by The Guardian.
The Russian Debutante's Handbook is a novel written by Gary Shteyngart and was published by Riverhead publishing company in Shteyngart himself is a Russian-American and integrated aspects from his initial life in Leningrad into this novel.
Jun 14, · The Russian Debutante's Handbook by Gary Shteyngart pp, Bloomsbury, £ When I left Prague after the Soviet invasion inI never imagined the world order could change enough in my life Author: Guardian Staff.
The Russian Debutante's Handbook () About book: Somewhere in the middle of this book I wanted to hate it. For reasons unrelated to the book.
Or the authorial style. Or the story. I just fell sick. Deep into the night, while the world around me was quietly asleep, I walked in and out of my room. With the help of a murderous but fun-loving Russian mafioso, Vladimir infiltrates the Prava expat community and launches a scheme as ridiculous as it is brilliant.
Bursting with wit, humor, and rare insight, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook is both a highly imaginative romp and a serious exploration of what it means to be an immigrant in America. THE RUSSIAN DEBUTANTE’S HANDBOOK.
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Hilarious, extravagant, yet uncannily true to life, it follows the adventures of Vladimir, a young Russian-American immigrant, whose capitalist dreams and desires for a girlfriend lead him off the straight and narrow.
The Russian Debutante's Handbook introduces Vladimir Girshkin, one of the most original and unlikely heroes of recent times.
The twenty-five-year-old.Like his subsequent novel, Absurdistan, Russian Debutante's Handbook will deliver if it is humor, satire, and amusing prose you are after.
If you do not mind reading the same type of genre and style then I would recommend both of his books/5().Mar 01, · The Russian Debutante's Handbook - The Russian Debutante's Handbook audiobook, by Gary Shteyngart Best-selling author Gary Shteyngart's exquisite fiction is met with a level of critical acclaim reserved for the very best in the field.3/5.
