Super Sad True Love Story
ABOUT
THE BOOK
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 an Russian immigrant janitor and ardent fan of “printed, bound media artifacts” (aka books), meets Eunice Park, an impossibly cute Korean American woman with a major in Images and a minor in Assertiveness. Could falling in love redeem a planet falling apart?
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
This is a brilliantly written dystopian novel. It is a scary take on our social media future and asks where will all this “progression” take society. Smarter society or shallow society? – This is a book that not only shows the ebullient satiric gifts Shteyngart demonstrated in his debut, but that also uncovers his abilities to write deeply about love, loss and mortality – Sad, satiric and clever, Shteyngart posits a not-too-distant future that feels like now. He observes the state of the world and wonders how we can retain our humanity amongst the mindless consumerism of the times – In this novel set in the near future the whole world may be falling apart, but Lenny Abramov is still willing to believe that love will save the planet.