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Gary Shteyngart, born on July 5, 1972, is an American writer known for his focus on immigration, cultural conflicts, and modern urban life, characterized by his humor and satire.

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“Not everyone could handle the pain of the world. It was like the religious ladies outside her school had written on their placards: WILL SUFFERING END? For some, it just couldn't.”

World Life Pain Suffering Strength Living

Book:Vera, or Faith

Source: Vera, or Faith

“Also, I've spent an entire week without reading any books or talking about them too loudly. I'm learning to work my apparat's screen, the colourful pulsating mosaic of it, the fact that it knows every last stinking detail about the world, whereas my books only know the minds of their authors.”

Knows World Mind Book Facts Lasts Reading Talking Week Details Screens Mosaics Colourful

Author:Gary Shteyngart

“That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.”

World Ends Fiction Humour Science Fiction Multiple Delivery

Author:Gary Shteyngart

“I am born hungry. Ravenous. I want to eat the world, and I can never be satiated.”

World Want I Can Born Hungry

Book:Little Failure: A Memoir

Source: Little Failure: A Memoir

“I felt the weakness of these books, their immateriality, how they had failed to change the world, and I didn't want to sully myself with their weakness anymore.”

World Want Book Felt Weakness Changing The World

Book:Super Sad True Love Story

Source: Super Sad True Love Story

“I love librarians more than any other people in the world. When I was an immigrant kid, they’ve made me feel like a human being and they gave me books that taught me English.”

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Author:Gary Shteyngart

“In the first few pages, Kundera discusses several abstract historical figures: Robespierre, Nietzsche, Hitler. For Eunice's sake, I wanted him to get to the plot, to introduce actual "living" characters - I recalled this was a love story - and to leave the world of ideas behind. Here we were, two people lying in bed, Eunice's worried head propped on my collarbone, and I wanted us to feel something in common. I wanted this complex language, this surge of intellect, to be processed into love. Isn't that how they used to do it a century ago, people reading poetry to one another?”

Source: Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel

About the Author

Born: July 5, 1972
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 156

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