Name: Vera oder Die Wahrheit über Amerika
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ISBN: 9783328604655

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As America crumbles before our eyes, Gary Shteyngart's young heroine strikes right at the heart. The Bradford-Smulkin family is falling apart: there's Daddy, a once-respected intellectual now dependent on the goodwill of a Russian oligarch to save his bankrupt magazine. There's Anne Mom, whom Daddy may not stay with, despite her having a small trust fund. There's Mom Mom, who left the family when Vera was still a baby, and finally, there's Vera herself, who observes the disintegration of her family as well as American society as a whole and desperately wants to stop it. Normally, the gifted 10-year-old is not at a loss for problem-solving strategies, but in this case, neither her chess computer Kaspie nor her lists of arguments for why her parents should stay together can help. Together with Kaspie, her friend Yumi, and the self-driving car Stella, Vera embarks on a journey to the heart of America and her own past to save her family. A novel that is both humorous and heartfelt about a family trying to stick together while society in near-future America falls apart. The story of a very volatile family in a very volatile country. Provocative and clever. Readers will love the unique heroine of this story. Shteyngart's clever novel does not make me happier about living in our current times, yet it offers comfort, entertainment, and perhaps even a little hope.

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