Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
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Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story demonstrates the power of the "dystopian future" premise, arguably because it does not feel like Shteyngart is writing about a distant enough future. Much as we might prefer to disapprove of this America that is obsessed with eternal youth, rampant social networking, and a cutthroat struggle to get ahead, we can't quite escape the feeling that Shteyngart's future sounds uncomfortably familiar.
The trends that Shteyngart is satirizing are easy to spot, and he tweaks them just enough to justify setting his story in the future rather th... Read More


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