The novel was set in an unspecified near future, because setting a novel in the present in a time of unprecedented technological and social dislocation seemed to me shortsighted.... To write a book set in the present, circa 2013, is to write about the distant past.
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Gary Shteyngart was a contemporary American american writer. Gary Shteyngart is a Soviet-born American writer. He is the author of six novels, and a memoir. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Change — Embracing transformation, growth, and new beginnings