
Little Failure
A Memoir
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Todd Ross
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By:
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Gary Shteyngart
After three acclaimed novels - The Russian Debutante's Handbook, Absurdistan, and Super Sad True Love Story - Gary Shteyngart turns to memoir in a candid, witty, deeply poignant account of his life so far.
Shteyngart shares his American immigrant experience, moving back and forth through time and memory with self-deprecating humor, moving insights, and literary bravado. The result is a resonant story of family and belonging that feels epic and intimate and distinctly his own. Provocative, hilarious, and inventive, Little Failure reveals a deeper vein of emotion in Gary Shteyngart' s prose. It is a memoir of an immigrant family coming to America, as told by a lifelong misfit who forged from his imagination an essential literary voice and, against all odds, a place in the world.
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Great story, wonderful narration!
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What made the experience of listening to Little Failure the most enjoyable?
The narrator has a calm, clear voice. He is able to shift from an English accent to Russian accent to Russian to Hebrew in a smooth and natural way. He really captured the emotion in the words he read.What did you like best about this story?
The author's ability to laugh at himself and his keen satire on a number of topics.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
yesI loved it!
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Witty and funny
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Good memoir... Good story...
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got more disappointing
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Everyone in this story of life in the new world is trying his/her best, and making mistakes that scar deeply. When GS spoke the book's last lines I wanted more. I wanted to know what came next.
Still laughing and weeping
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What did you love best about Little Failure?
lots of self depracating humor ala woody allenWhat did you like best about this story?
everyone was very real--felt like you knew the charactersWhich character – as performed by Jonathan Todd Ross – was your favorite?
why Gary, of course!Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
His description of trying to fit in to his new high school, recognizing diversity in backgrounds but less diversity in intellectual abilitieswell written narrative of the immigrant experience
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Modern Soviet Immigrant Story
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very good listen
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This amusing, frequently hilarious memoir chronicles Shteyngart journey from Soviet era childhood in Leningrad, to his family’s emigration in the late 70”s to New York, to his college years and first time book deal. Shteyngart indisputably has a gift for storytelling and turn of phrase and the narrative breezes along. His experiences are heavily dosed with self-deprecating humor and one liners that sometimes border on shtick. Though the book is often funny, I found that if I listened too long, it tended to lose its charm and grate a bit. I found I liked it much better when I listened to it in small, measured doses. The narration is spot on, capturing Shteyngart’s angst ridden persona. The mimicry of his parent’s Russian accents humorously (and without insult) enlivens what they are saying. If you haven’t read any of Shteyngart’s fiction (I hadn’t), don’t let that deter you from Little Failure. In the end, this is a lighthearted, breezy read that won’t change your life but will distract you from it.Funny in doses
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