They hate each other due to their dispute over the proper direction in which the "footrest" of the Orthodox cross is to be tilted. Soon afterwards, Misha has the opportunity to buy a Belgian passport from a corrupt diplomat in the fictitious ex- Soviet republic of Absurdsvanϊ (also known as Absurdistan).Ībsurdistan's reputation for oil riches has earned it the nickname " Norway of the Caspian." The country is divided between two major ethnic groups: the Sevo and Svanϊ. Misha's father is killed by a fellow oligarch. This strands Misha in his native Saint Petersburg (which he nostalgically refers to as "St. She now attends Hunter College, at Misha's expense.Īfter Misha's father kills a prominent Oklahoma businessman, the INS bars the entire Vainberg family from entry into the United States. (The college resembles Oberlin College, which Shteyngart attended, while its name "Accidental" is a play on the name of Occidental College.) Misha is desperate to return to his true love, Rouenna, whom he met while she was working at a "titty bar". Misha is known as "Snack Daddy" from his days at Accidental College, a school in the Midwestern U.S. It chronicles the adventures of Misha Vainberg, the 325-pound son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, as he struggles to return to his true love in the South Bronx. Absurdistan is a 2006 novel by Gary Shteyngart.
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