Shmulkin, the whip-smart Jewish-Korean- American child narrator of Vera, or Faith, Gary Shteyngart’s sixth novel, which is a ...

That writer is Gary Shteyngart, who wrote three excellent novels propelled by his ecstatic voice. In his fourth book, the memoir “Little Failure,” we learn how that voice was born.

In Gary Shteyngart’s novel, a child in search of her mother has some digital helpers, including her artificial-intelligence ...

A youthful protagonist offers a sidelong view of the adult world. The narrative is immediately layered, as the reader adds ...

Vera, the heroine of Gary Shteyngart’s sixth novel, “Vera, or Faith,” is a whip-smart 10-year-old Manhattanite, but she’s not quite smart enough to figure out her parents’ intentions.

That writer is Gary Shteyngart, who wrote three excellent novels propelled by his ecstatic voice. In his fourth book, the memoir “Little Failure,” we learn how that voice was born.

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Shteyngart’s talent is further displayed in his description of the setting. He places the reader on Sasha’s property, which abuts a sheep farm and is always in earshot of the loud gobbles of ...

Russian-American novelist Gary Shteyngart will read from his memoir, "Little Failure," in Beachwood Monday, Oct. 6Lacombe  After Gary Shteyngart's first public reading of his memoir, "Little ...

Gary Shteyngart’s “Little Failure” Next stop, Oberlin, where a new persona emerged thanks to “endless alcoholic and narcotic exploits”: Scary Gary.

Gary Shteyngart’s oeuvre is about excess and nothing speaks better about America today than excess. His post-Cold War immigrant narratives are in debt with the tradition of Borsht Belt humor.

The most unsettling aspect of Gary Shteyngart‘s new novel, “Super Sad True Love Story,” is how familiar his dystopia feels. An American government embroiled in an unpopular war and far too ...