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Fiction · 2010 · PG-13

Super Sad True Love Story

by Gary Shteyngart

A dystopian near-future. A doomed love story. The end of everything.

A dark tale of America's dysfunctional coming years, and of the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink. "In the near future, America is crushed by a financial crisis and our patient Chinese creditors may just be ready to foreclose on the whole mess. Then Lenny Abramov, son of a Russian immigrant janitor and ardent fan of 'printed, bound media artifacts' (aka books), meets Eunice Park, an impossibly cute Korean American woman with a minor in Assertiveness. Could falling in love redeem a planet falling apart?" -- p. [4] of paperback cover.

For14+GenreFictionLength334 pagesRead time~8.5 hours

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Violence

Some

Societal violence and dystopian danger in the novel's latter sections

Language

Some

Strong language; Shteyngart's satirical register

Sexual Content

Some

Sexual content; adult relationships depicted frankly

Substance Use

Some

Drug and alcohol use in the social milieu

Emotional Intensity

Some

Existential themes about the collapse of meaning and intimacy in a distracted world

What this book is about

In a near-future America of collapsing democracy and ubiquitous rating devices, middle-aged Lenny Abramov falls for young Eunice Park. Shteyngart's satirical novel is prescient about social media, financial collapse, and cultural shallowness, told through diary entries and texts. Funny, sad, and alarmingly relevant.

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Strong language

Adult content

Dystopian themes

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