Rated of 5
by pavel
there are two questions one should ask oneself before reading this book: do you want to confirm and revel in the eccentricities of soviet jewish emigre? do you want to entertain the idea that this writer's poshlost emancipation project has been compared to nabokov because he is "russian-american?"
if the answer to the first question is yes, then exoticize it and buy it. if the answer to the second question is yes, then exoticize it and buy it.
unfortantely, the title of the book itself disqualifies it as literature. satiric prose has had its high points, but this novel is unwaveringly pathetic in its pathos.
Rated of 5
by again Claudia (Italy)
Simply Marvellous! Shteyngart describes russian emigrates in Prague like I imagine them, and give also a critical idea of how young americans live today. As an Italian girl I see Russian emigrates and Americans like Shteyngart describes...
Rated of 5
by Misha
Great Novel! Any honest soviet-Jew who grew up in the U.S. will be able to relate to the protagonist. A must read for anyone interested to know what Russians really think of the States, and how the soviet Russian mind tries to survive in the open society of the West. This enjoyable story is packed with witty and memorable characters.
Rated of 5
by Mike
This book was a scream! The protagonist, young Vladimir Girshkin, is a Russian immigrant ne'er-do-well with an uncanny ability to get himself into trouble... yet with an even more uncanny ability to stay just barely afloat in the most dire situations! The plot line is improbable, the characters have bizarre lives, some have even more bizarre secrets. Every page is loaded with wit, wry criticism of society (both American and Russian), and the book gives a lot of insight into the burgeoning post-Soviet collapse crime scene, the status of immigrants in America and the strange underworld of American Russophile young people in the former Soviet Union. Worth a read!
Rated of 5
by Michael
well written, superb command of language and wit compensate hansomely for a somewhat weak storyline. Funny and easy reading, pure pleasure.
Rated of 5
by amy
I really thought this book was awesome! It was selected at random for our book club, and it was a relief to read about misadventures instead of misfortunes. The author has terrific style...phrasing is excellent. I highly recommend this book.
Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today's globalized world.
The story of an American family, middle class in middle America, ordinary in every way but one. But that exception is the beating heart of this extraordinary novel.
First time novelist Vaddey Ratner captured my heart and senses in this novel based on her childhood in Cambodia. Her story transcends any news story...
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From the first page, I was drawn in by the lyrical writing of the author and mesmerized as the narrator, eight year old Raami, remembered the years...
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Trite but true, all good things must come to an end. I so wanted to keep reading the wonderful prose, the settings that let one think they are part...
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