In the very near and eerily familiar future, America is crushed under spiraling debt, ruled tyrannically by the monolithic "Bipartisan Party," and vehemently dismissive of the written word. As a revolt against the relentless march of time, Lenny Abramov writes in his antiquated diary about his terror of middle-age, his resolution to never die, and his troubled love affair with a Eunice, a young Korean-American woman with degrees in "Images" and "Assertiveness" who strives to make Lenny embrace the zeitgeist. Alternating between Lenny's diary entries and Eunice's cyber-updates, SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY works simultaneously as a fiendish satire of contemporary culture, a terrifying dystopic vision of the future, and a surprisingly soulful and resonant love story worthy of Chekhov. Gary Shteyngart (ABSURDISTAN) further cements his reputation as the 21st-century's most hilarious and eviscerating social satirist while widening and deepening his literary territory. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of 2010.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Science + Technology, Society + Social Issues, Stages of Life, Types of Characters, Peoples + Cultures, Literary Genres + Types of Novels
- Publisher: Random House, Inc.
- Pages: 334
- Language: English
- Format: hardcover
- Release Date: July 27, 2010
- Date Published: July 27, 2010
- Author: Gary Shteyngart