Super Sad True Love Story : A Novel (Paperback)

from tboomer

Shteyngart's dystopian novel is set in America in an all too believable near-future. The country has defaulted on its debt. The economy consists of three sectors dedicated to urging the population to mindless consumption: Retail, Credit, Media. The government is run by the bipartisan party which ...

from EpicTale

The first Shteyngart book I picked up, I read SSTLS through to the end. Why do I see this as an accomplishment? Mostly because the main characters all suck -- not one was worth liking or feeling sympathetic towards; and, for me, such a construction is a kiss of death. Moreover, the narrative voic...

from willfenton

worth a read. Takes a 1984-esque future where "big brother," is the retail state and the US is up way past its eyeballs in debt to its new Chinese masters. The love story is ages old and ultimately predictable, but the ride is pretty fun. However the end result left me feeling like I'd just finis...

from GCPLreader

just loved this unputdownable, ingenious, dystopian novel-- It's the near future-- citizens rarely "verbal" with one another, all prefer to text and stream and shop and rate(fuckability ratings for all are a fun way to pass the time at a bar!) and research on their apparats. Everyone's credit rat...

from suetu

Super sad, super satirical-it's just SUPER! At one point when I was reading this disturbing satirical look at a possible American future, I just thought, "Wait! How did we get there from here? How did we get from the America I know to a totalitarian nation on the verge of financial and political ...