{"product_id":"our-country-friends-paperback","title":"Our Country Friends - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Shteyngart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \u003ci\u003eGOOD MORNING AMERICA\u003c\/i\u003e BUZZ PICK - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Post, Town \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction - Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize - \u003c\/b\u003e\"A perfect novel for these times and all times, the single textual artifact from the pandemic era I would place in a time capsule as a representation of all that is good and true and beautiful about literature.\"--Molly Young, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEight friends, one country house, and six months in isolation--a novel about love, friendship, family, and betrayal hailed as a \"virtuoso performance\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"an homage to Chekhov with four romances and a finale that will break your heart\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the rolling hills of upstate New York, a group of friends and friends-of-friends gathers in a country house to wait out the pandemic. Over the next six months, new friendships and romances will take hold, while old betrayals will emerge, forcing each character to reevaluate whom they love and what matters most. The unlikely cast of characters includes a Russian-born novelist; his Russian-born psychiatrist wife; their precocious child obsessed with K-pop; a struggling Indian American writer; a wildly successful Korean American app developer; a global dandy with three passports; a Southern flamethrower of an essayist; and a movie star, the Actor, whose arrival upsets the equilibrium of this chosen family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth elegiac and very, very funny, \u003ci\u003eOur Country Friends\u003c\/i\u003e is the most ambitious book yet by the author of the beloved bestseller \u003ci\u003eSuper Sad True Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Shteyngart\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Leningrad in 1972 and came to the United States seven years later. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Russian Debutante's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. His second novel, \u003ci\u003eAbsurdistan\u003c\/i\u003e, was named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review.\u003c\/i\u003e His novel \u003ci\u003eSuper Sad True Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize and became one of the most iconic novels of the decade. His memoir, \u003ci\u003eLittle Failure, \u003c\/i\u003ewas a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHis most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eLake Success. \u003c\/i\u003eHis books regularly appear on best-of lists around the world and have been published in thirty countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44307466715238,"sku":"9781984855145","price":26.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/YTN4em15aW5pWFNoTXBzMStYT21rZz09.webp?v=1767743737","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/our-country-friends-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}