Gary Shteyngart Ordre des livres (chronologique)

"The Bradford-Shmulkin family is falling apart. A very modern blend of Russian, Jewish, Korean, and New England WASP, they love one another deeply but the pressures of life in an unstable America are fraying their bonds. There's Daddy, a struggling, cash-thirsty editor whose Russian heritage gives him a surprising new currency in the upside-down world of twenty-first-century geopolitics; his wife, Anne Mom, a progressive, underfunded blue blood from Boston who's barely holding the household together; their son, Dylan, whose blond hair and Mayflower lineage provide him pride of place in the newly forming American political order; and, above all, the young Vera, half-Jewish, half-Korean, and wholly original. Observant, sensitive, and always writing down new vocabulary words, Vera wants only three things in life: to make a friend at school; Daddy and Anne Mom to stay together; and to meet her birth mother, Mom Mom, who will at last tell Vera the secret of who she really is and how to ensure love's survival in this great, mad, imploding world"--

Barry Cohen, master of the universe, has just had a very public meltdown involving a dinner party, an insider trading investigation and a $30,000 bottle of Japanese whisky. So he flees New York City, leaving behind his beautiful young wife and son, but remembering to bring his six favourite designer watches. Zig-zagging south through Trump's America on a Greyhound Bus pilgrimmage he is singularly unprepared for, Barry heads to Texas - to find his old college girlfriend and, with her, a second chance at life... Lake Success marries the trademark Shteyngart wit with a deep emotional resonance, capturing the vivid eccentricity and contradictions of America right now, while speaking to the universal human experience of love, belonging, and the pursuit of happiness.

A candid and poignant story of a Soviet family's trials and tribulations, and of their escape in 1979 to the consumerist promised land of the USA.

With a blend of humor and heartfelt reflection, the memoir captures the experiences of newly landed immigrants alongside themes of unrequited love and the absurdities of both American and Soviet life. Shteyngart showcases his signature wit and playful language while presenting a relatable, flawed protagonist in himself. This work stands out as his most mature and emotionally resonant, inviting readers into a journey filled with laughter and vulnerability.

Il était une fois un homme ordinaire qui lisait des livres à une époque où la littérature était devenue un art préhistorique. Lenny Abramov, c’était son nom, commit la folie de tomber sous le charme d’Eunice Park, une jolie fille bien de son temps. Entre deux e-mails, ils tentèrent de s’aimer pour oublier que l’Amérique flirtait avec l’effondrement économique. Et ils vécurent malheureux...

From Junot Díaz, Lynda Barry, Gary Shteyngart, and Kate Christensen to popular up-and-comers like Dan Kennedy, Wendy McClure, and Brock Clarke, Love Is a Four-Letter Word is a dead-on contemporary collection of true stories of seduction, heartbreak, and regret. Fearlessly revealing their shattered hearts and crushed egos; their indiscretions and indignities; their delusions, desperation, and disappointments, these talented writers capture the dark side of love in prose ranging from comic to poetic, poignant to cringe-inducing. Also featuring three cartoon/ graphic essays as a sixteen-page color insert, this anthology is perfect for anyone who's ever loved and lost.

Ce n'est pas simple d'être l'héritier d'un baron de la mafia russe. Micha Vainberg a dû quitter New York, y laissant une fiancée vite consolée par un autre. Déçu par elle, végétant en Russie, il décide alors de partir pour l'Absurdistan, un petit pays colonisé par les compagnies pétrolières américaines. Enrôlé dans une guerre civile montée de toutes pièces par les dirigeants, Micha découvre le cynisme économique et ses conséquences sur l'avenir de l'humanité.

Russian immigrant Vladimir Girshkin finds himself returning to the Russian city of Prave where he becomes involved in a pyramid scheme to defraud his friends in the American ex-pat community