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    Gary Shteyn­gart

    Gary Shteyn­gart was born in Leningrad in 1972 and came to the Unit­ed States sev­en years lat­er. His debut nov­el, The Russ­ian Debutante’s Hand­book, won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fic­tion and the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award for Fic­tion. His sec­ond nov­el, Absur­dis­tan, was named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review. His nov­el Super Sad True Love Sto­ry won the Bollinger Every­man Wode­house Prize and became one of the most icon­ic nov­els of the decade. His mem­oir, Lit­tle Fail­ure, was a Nation­al Book Crit­ics Cir­cle Award final­ist and a New York Times best­seller. His books reg­u­lar­ly appear on best-of lists around the world and have been pub­lished in thir­ty countries.

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    Rab­bi Har­vey Inter­views Gary Shteyngart

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterRab­bi Har­vey inter­views Gary Shteyn­gart (Super Sad True Love Sto­ry) for JBooks​.com here.And, check out the trail­er for Super…
    JBC Staff
    July 20, 2010

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