| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 min. 54 sec.) ; 321089547 bytes |
| Summary |
Gary Shteyngart is such a good comedian, he's exhausting. Russian, Jewish, small and undernourished, he's like a much funnier, much more hyper Woody Allen. But he's also terrific when he's serious, which comes across when he talks about the death of the book and of reading.In Little Failure, Gary Shteyngart turns to memoir in a candid, witty account of his life from his birth in Leningrad and his immigration to the enemy - America. Moving back and forth through time and memory with self-deprecating humour, touching insights and literary bravado, this resonant story of family and belonging feels epic, intimate and distinctly his own. It even has a promotional trailer starring James Franco!Shteyngart is in conversation with Michael Williams from the Wheeler Centre at this year's Sydney Writers' Festival |
| Event |
Broadcast 2014-07-06 at 16:00:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
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Authors.
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Authors -- Biography.
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Authors -- Books and reading.
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Comedians.
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Shteyngart, Gary, 1972-.
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United States.
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Russia.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Aly, Waleed, host
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Shteyngart, Gary, contributor
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Williams, Michael, contributor
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