noreply@blogger.com (awaterreus)Wed, 4 Sep 2024 20:24:38 -0700Blogger http://www.blogger.com2125http://politicsandprosepodcast.blogspot.com/en-usnoPolitics,and,Proseawaterreus@politics-prose.comhttp://politicsandprosepodcast.blogspot.com/2010/10/gary-shteyngart-at-politics-and-prose.htmlThu, 7 Oct 2010 18:08:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649490238734591038.post-2015987862700231200<span style="font-size:small;">In his third novel the wildly inventive Shteyngart shows why<em> The New Yorker</em> selected him as one of its twenty young writers to watch. An old fashioned love story set in an information-binging, tech-heavy future, the story is at once keen social satire, comedy, and tender billet-doux to the unchanging vulnerability of the human heart. </span><h2> <a href="http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781400066407" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://images.booksense.com/images/books/407/066/FC9781400066407.JPG" title="Super Sad True Love Story" border="0" /></a><div class="abaproduct-title"><a href="http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781400066407">Super Sad True Love Story</a> </div><div class="abaproduct-authors">By <a href="http://www.politics-prose.com/search/apachesolr_search/field_contributor_name:Shteyngart%2C+Gary">Gary Shteyngart</a> </div><div class="abaproduct-price">$26.00</div><strong>ISBN-13:</strong> 9781400066407<br /><strong></strong> <strong>Published:</strong> Random House</h2><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="26" width="400"><param value="true" name="allowfullscreen"><param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"><param value="high" name="quality"><param value="true" name="cachebusting"><param value="#000000" name="bgcolor"><param name="movie" value="http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf"><param value="config={'key':'#$aa4baff94a9bdcafce8','playlist':[{'url':'garyshteyngart91310edit.mp3','autoPlay':false}],'clip':{'autoPlay':true,'baseUrl':'http://www.archive.org/download/GaryShteyngart/'},'canvas':{'backgroundColor':'#000000','backgroundGradient':'none'},'plugins':{'audio':{'url':'http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.audio-3.2.1-dev.swf'},'controls':{'playlist':false,'fullscreen':false,'height':26,'backgroundColor':'#000000','autoHide':{'fullscreenOnly':true},'scrubberHeightRatio':0.6,'timeFontSize':9,'mute':false,'top':0}},'contextMenu':[{},'-','Flowplayer v3.2.1']}" name="flashvars"><embed src="http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" cachebusting="true" bgcolor="#000000" quality="high" flashvars="config={'key':'#$aa4baff94a9bdcafce8','playlist':[{'url':'garyshteyngart91310edit.mp3','autoPlay':false}],'clip':{'autoPlay':true,'baseUrl':'http://www.archive.org/download/GaryShteyngart/'},'canvas':{'backgroundColor':'#000000','backgroundGradient':'none'},'plugins':{'audio':{'url':'http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.audio-3.2.1-dev.swf'},'controls':{'playlist':false,'fullscreen':false,'height':26,'backgroundColor':'#000000','autoHide':{'fullscreenOnly':true},'scrubberHeightRatio':0.6,'timeFontSize':9,'mute':false,'top':0}},'contextMenu':[{},'-','Flowplayer v3.2.1']}" height="26" width="400"></embed> </object>0awaterreus@politics-prose.com (awaterreus)noIn his third novel the wildly inventive Shteyngart shows why The New Yorker selected him as one of its twenty young writers to watch. An old fashioned love story set in an information-binging, tech-heavy future, the story is at once keen social satire, comedy, and tender billet-doux to the unchanging vulnerability of the human heart. Super Sad True Love Story By Gary Shteyngart $26.00ISBN-13: 9781400066407 Published: Random Houseawaterreus@politics-prose.com (awaterreus)In his third novel the wildly inventive Shteyngart shows why The New Yorker selected him as one of its twenty young writers to watch. An old fashioned love story set in an information-binging, tech-heavy future, the story is at once keen social satire, comedy, and tender billet-doux to the unchanging vulnerability of the human heart. Super Sad True Love Story By Gary Shteyngart $26.00ISBN-13: 9781400066407 Published: Random HousePolitics,and,Prosehttp://politicsandprosepodcast.blogspot.com/2010/09/jonathan-franzen-at-lisner-auditorium.htmlTue, 28 Sep 2010 17:29:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649490238734591038.post-3974597852842174579<span style="font-size: 11pt;">On September 24, 2010 at 7 p.m., Politics &amp; Prose hosted Jonathan Franzen at G.W. University Lisner Auditorium. Nine years after his National Book Award-winning <a href="http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780312421274"><b><i>The Corrections</i></b></a>, Franzen presents <a href="http://www.politics-prose.com/node/21823"><b><i>Freedom</b></i></a>, which chronicles the ups and downs--mainly the downs--of the Berglunds. Patty, once a promising basketball player, is now a depressed suburban wife and mother, battling neighbors and her own demons. Her husband talks green but does business with the coal industry, while their old friend Richard has descended from would-be rock stardom to building decks. Click <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/JonathanFranzenattheLisnerAuditorium/jonathanfranzenatlisner92410.mp3"><b>here</b></a> to hear the podcast of this event. Click below to buy the book.</span><br /><br /><div class="abaproduct-image"><a href="http://www.politics-prose.com/node/21823" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Freedom"><img src="http://images.booksense.com/images/books/460/158/FC9780374158460.JPG" title="Freedom" /></a> </div><div class="abaproduct-title"><h2><a href="http://www.politics-prose.com/node/21823">Freedom</a> <span class="abaproduct-format">(Hardcover)</span> </h2></div><div class="abaproduct-authors">By <a href="http://www.politics-prose.com/search/apachesolr_search/field_contributor_name:Franzen%2C+Jonathan">Jonathan Franzen</a> </div><div class="abaproduct-price">$28.00</div><b>ISBN-13:</b> 9780374158460<br /><b>Availability:</b> On Our Shelves Now<br /><b>Published:</b> Farrar, Straus and Giroux, <span class="date-display-single">08/01/2010</span><br /><br /><object width="640" height="26" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param value="true" name="allowfullscreen"/><param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"/><param value="high" name="quality"/><param value="true" name="cachebusting"/><param value="#000000" name="bgcolor"/><param name="movie" value="http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf" /><param value="config={'key':'#$aa4baff94a9bdcafce8','playlist':[{'url':'jonathanfranzenatlisner92410.mp3','autoPlay':false}],'clip':{'autoPlay':true,'baseUrl':'http://www.archive.org/download/JonathanFranzenattheLisnerAuditorium/'},'canvas':{'backgroundColor':'#000000','backgroundGradient':'none'},'plugins':{'audio':{'url':'http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.audio-3.2.1-dev.swf'},'controls':{'playlist':false,'fullscreen':false,'height':26,'backgroundColor':'#000000','autoHide':{'fullscreenOnly':true},'scrubberHeightRatio':0.6,'timeFontSize':9,'mute':false,'top':0}},'contextMenu':[{},'-','Flowplayer v3.2.1']}" name="flashvars"/><embed src="http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="26" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" cachebusting="true" bgcolor="#000000" quality="high" flashvars="config={'key':'#$aa4baff94a9bdcafce8','playlist':[{'url':'jonathanfranzenatlisner92410.mp3','autoPlay':false}],'clip':{'autoPlay':true,'baseUrl':'http://www.archive.org/download/JonathanFranzenattheLisnerAuditorium/'},'canvas':{'backgroundColor':'#000000','backgroundGradient':'none'},'plugins':{'audio':{'url':'http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.audio-3.2.1-dev.swf'},'controls':{'playlist':false,'fullscreen':false,'height':26,'backgroundColor':'#000000','autoHide':{'fullscreenOnly':true},'scrubberHeightRatio':0.6,'timeFontSize':9,'mute':false,'top':0}},'contextMenu':[{},'-','Flowplayer v3.2.1']}"> </embed></object>0awaterreus@politics-prose.com (awaterreus)noOn September 24, 2010 at 7 p.m., Politics &amp; Prose hosted Jonathan Franzen at G.W. University Lisner Auditorium. Nine years after his National Book Award-winning The Corrections, Franzen presents Freedom, which chronicles the ups and downs--mainly the downs--of the Berglunds. Patty, once a promising basketball player, is now a depressed suburban wife and mother, battling neighbors and her own demons. Her husband talks green but does business with the coal industry, while their old friend Richard has descended from would-be rock stardom to building decks. Click here to hear the podcast of this event. Click below to buy the book. Freedom (Hardcover) By Jonathan Franzen $28.00ISBN-13: 9780374158460 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 08/01/2010awaterreus@politics-prose.com (awaterreus)On September 24, 2010 at 7 p.m., Politics &amp; Prose hosted Jonathan Franzen at G.W. University Lisner Auditorium. Nine years after his National Book Award-winning The Corrections, Franzen presents Freedom, which chronicles the ups and downs--mainly the downs--of the Berglunds. Patty, once a promising basketball player, is now a depressed suburban wife and mother, battling neighbors and her own demons. Her husband talks green but does business with the coal industry, while their old friend Richard has descended from would-be rock stardom to building decks. Click here to hear the podcast of this event. Click below to buy the book. Freedom (Hardcover) By Jonathan Franzen $28.00ISBN-13: 9780374158460 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 08/01/2010Politics,and,Prose