Super Sad True Love StoryA functionally illiterate America is about to collapse. But donít tell that to poor Lenny Abramov, the thirty-nine-year-old son of an angry Russian immigrant janitor, proud author of what may well be the worldís last diary, and less-proud owner of a bald spot shaped like the great state of Ohio. Despite his job at an outfit called Post-Human Services, which attempts to provide immortality for its super-rich clientele, death is clearly stalking this cholesterol-rich morsel of a man. And why shouldnít it? Lennyís from a different century - he loves books. But even more than books, Lenny loves Eunice Park, a cute and cruel twenty-four-year-old Korean American woman who just graduated from Elderbird College with a major in Images and a minor in Assertiveness. After meeting Lenny on a Roman holiday, blistering Eunice puts that Assertiveness minor to work, teaching 'ancient dork' effective new ways to brush his teeth and making him buy a cottony nonflammable wardrobe. But America proves less flame-resistant than Lennyís new threads. The country is crushed by a credit crisis, riots break out in New Yorkís Central Park, the cityís streets are lined with National Guard tanks on every corner, the dollar is so over, and patient Chinese creditors may just be ready to foreclose on the whole mess. |
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User Review - msf59 - LibraryThing“If we can't take care of each other now, when the world is going to shit, how are we ever going to make it?” Lenny Abramov is on the brink of turning 40. He works for a company that is attempting to ... Read full review
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User Review - AngelaLam - LibraryThingIf you enjoyed Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451, you'll enjoy Super Sad True Love Story. This post modern America in which smartphone addicted people are classified by their credit scores and ... Read full review
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 27 |
Section 3 | 34 |
Section 4 | 44 |
Section 5 | 50 |
Section 6 | 72 |
Section 7 | 76 |
Section 8 | 97 |
Section 16 | 197 |
Section 17 | Z-4 |
Section 18 | Z-25 |
Section 19 | Z-33 |
Section 20 | Z-49 |
Section 21 | Z-62 |
Section 22 | Z-70 |
Section 23 | Z-79 |
Section 9 | 99 |
Section 10 | 112 |
Section 11 | 119 |
Section 12 | 143 |
Section 13 | 151 |
Section 14 | 169 |
Section 15 | 178 |
Section 24 | Z-83 |
Section 25 | Z-95 |
Section 26 | 304 |
Section 27 | 324 |
Section 28 | 332 |
Section 29 | 335 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Super Sad True Love Story |
| Author | Gary Shteyngart |
| Publisher | Random House Incorporated, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0812981952, 9780812981957 |
| Length | 334 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General |
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