Little Failure A Memoir |
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| Author:
| Shteyngart, Gary |
| ISBN: | 978-0-241-14665-1 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books, Limited
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| Imprint: | Hamish Hamilton |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $39.99 |
Book Description:
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Gary Shteyngart's loving but mismatched parents dreamed that he would become a lawyer, or at least an accountant, something their distracted son was simply not cut out to do. Fusing English and Russian, his mother created the term Failurchka 'Little Failure' which she applied to her son. With love. Mostly.
A candid and deeply poignant story of a Soviet family's trials and tribulations, and of their escape in 1979 to the consumerist promised land of the USA, Little...
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Gary Shteyngart's loving but mismatched parents dreamed that he would become a lawyer, or at least an accountant, something their distracted son was simply not cut out to do. Fusing English and Russian, his mother created the term Failurchka 'Little Failure' which she applied to her son. With love. Mostly.
A candid and deeply poignant story of a Soviet family's trials and tribulations, and of their escape in 1979 to the consumerist promised land of the USA, Little Failureis also an exceptionally funny account of the author's transformation from asthmatic toddler in Leningrad to 40-something Manhattanite with a receding hairline and a memoir to write.
'Little Failure is a delight.' Aravind Adiga
'A marvel of a story. His finest book yet.'Zadie Smith
'A Memoir for the ages. Un-put-down-able.'Mary Kerr
'Heartfelt, moving and truly engaging.'Nathan Englander
'Little Failure is a delight.'Aravind Adiga
'Little Failure' puts the lure in failure.'Wall Street Journal
'Literary gold...... a bruisingly funny memoir.'Vogue
'Shteyngart...... has succeeded beyond any parent's wildest dreams.'Huffington Post
'It's funny, unflinching, and, title notwithstanding, a giant success.'Entertainment Weekly