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"Absurdistan is not just a hilarious novel, but a record of a particular peak in the history of human folly.
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Contemporary, comic, classical in form and relentless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Gary Shteyngart
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 343
- Publisher
- Granta, Random House Publishing Group, Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9781862079724
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