A Conversation with Gary Shteyngart
Taube Center for Jewish Studies
Creative Writing Program
Stanford Humanities Center
424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA 94305
Levinthal Hall
Please join us in conversation with New York Times best-selling author Gary Shteyngart, a Soviet-born satirical writer, on the topic of absurdities and realities of Soviet and post-Soviet life. This discussion will be moderated by Molly Antopol, Asisstant Professor, Stanford English Department, and followed by a signing of his recent books, including: Super Sad True Love Story, Lake Success, and Vera, or Faith.
About Gary Shteyngart: The author of Super Sad True Love Story and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, Gary Shteyngart wins over readers and audiences with his blistering humor, his satirical takedowns of contemporary society, and his compassionate examination of modern love and loss. His newest book, Vera, or Faith, is a poignant, sharp-eyed, and bitterly funny tale of a family struggling to stay together in a country rapidly coming apart, told through the eyes of their wondrous ten-year-old daughter. It demonstrates why Shteyngart is, in the words of The New York Times, "one of his generation's most exhilarating writers. For more information on the speaker, please visit www.prhspeakers.com.
About Molly Antopol: Professor Antopol's first book, The UnAmericans, won the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award and France’s French-American Prize. The book was a longlisted for the National Book Award and was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, the Barnes & Noble Discover Award, the California Book Award and the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, among others. Her debut novel, Saturn, is forthcoming next year from Norton.