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A wise, mild and enviably lucid book about a chaotic scene' - Dwight Garner, New York Times 'Memoirs of fatherhood are rarely so honest or so blunt' - Daniel Engber, Atlantic'Tender and generous' - New York magazineKeith Gessen had always assumed that he would have kids, but couldn't imagine what parenthood would be like, nor what kind of parent he would be. Then, one Tuesday night in early June, Raffi was born, a child as real and complex and...

A wise, mild and enviably lucid book about a chaotic scene' - New York Times

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A hilarious, loving account of fatherhood and the surprising, magical, and maddening first five years of a son's life"I was not prepared to be a father-this much I knew." Keith Gessen was nearing forty and hadn't given much thought to the idea of being a father. He assumed he would have kids, but couldn't imagine what it would be like to be a parent, or what kind of parent he would be. Then, one Tuesday night in early June, the distant idea of...

»Ein Grund zum Feiern: warmherzig, geistreich, ernsthaft, witzig, äußerst gut lesbar und voll von jener fröhlichen Traurigkeit, die ich mit Russland und seinen Schriftstellern verbinde. Keith Gessen ist ein wunderbarer, bedeutender Schriftsteller.« George Saunders »Um Russland zu verstehen, müssen Sie dieses Buch lesen.« The Times Andrej Kaplan ist in Russland geboren und in New York aufgewachsen. Gerade ist seine Beziehung zerbrochen, und a...

A wise, sensitive novel about Russia, exile, family, love, history and fate, this work asks what people owe the place they were born, and in return, what it owes them. A New York Times Editors' Choice, named a Best Book of 2018 by Bookforum, Nylon, Esquire, and Vulture.

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Capturing with a miniaturist's brush the unfolding demands of family, fortune, personal ambition, ideology, and desire, A TERRIBLE COUNTRY is a compelling novel about ageing, radical politics, Russia at a crossroads, and the difficulty - or impossibility - of actually changing one's life.

A New York Times Editors' ChoiceNamed a Best Book of 2018 by Bookforum, Nylon, Esquire, and Vulture"This artful and autumnal novel, published in high summer, is a gift to those who wish to receive it."-Dwight Garner, The New York Times"Hilarious, heartbreaking . . . A Terrible Country may be one of the best books you'll read this year."-Ann Levin, Associated Press"The funniest work of fiction I've read this year."-Christian Lorentzen, Vulture....

This charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the twenty-first century charts the lives of Sam, Mark, and Keith on their circuitous paths through sex, love, betrayal, and the writing of books.

From its first shock waves in 2008, the Great Recession has been reshaping American cities. Detroit collapsed, and the ongoing national rollback in industry has meant the death of factory towns like Greensboro, North Carolina and Reading, Pennsylvania. But the effects of the crash have been far from uniform. The populations of gentrifying cities such as San Francisco and Brooklyn continue to expand, with rents soaring and neighborhood demograp...

A novel of love, sadness, wasted youth, and literary and intellectual ambition-"a wincingly funny debut" (Vogue) Keith Gessen is a Brave and trenchant new literary voice. Known as an award-winning translator of Russian and a book reviewer for publications including The New Yorker and The New York Times, Gessen makes his debut with this critically acclaimed novel, a charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the twenty-...

This charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the twenty-first century charts the lives of Sam, Mark, and Seth on their circuitous paths through sex, love, betrayal, and the writing of books.

The engaging and hilarious story of three young men and their circuitous pats through sex, love, betrayal, and the writing of books.

Anthology of essays, fiction, poems related to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

This charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the twenty-first century charts the lives of Sam, Mark, and Seth on their circuitous paths through sex, love, betrayal, and the writing of books.