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“ The novel was set in an unspecified near future, because setting a novel in the present in a time of unprecedented technological and social dislocation seemed to me shortsighted.... To write a book set in the present, circa 2013, is to write about the distant past. ”

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Let's see if I can write about something other than my heart.

~ Gary Shteyngart

In contravention of my belief that any life ending in death is essentially pointless, I needed my friends to open up that plastic bag and take one last look at me. Someone had to remember me, if only for a few more minutes in the vast silent waiting room of time.

~ Gary Shteyngart

Reading is entering into the consciousness of another human being.

~ Gary Shteyngart

There's nothing wrong with her except she's completely fucked up.

~ Gary Shteyngart