A Conversation with American Novelist Gary Shteyngart

Craft Talk at 4:30 p.m. – Multi-Purpose Room, Campus Center West Addition

Conversation/Q&A at 7:30 p.m. – moderated by Times Union Editor Casey Seiler, Campus Center West Auditorium

Both events at University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany 12222

Free and open to the public. Read more

Gary Shteyngart’s most recent novel is Our Country Friends (2021), a story of various relationships and romances that unfold over the course of six months among a group of friends who take refuge in the rolling hills of Upstate New York during the pandemic.

Writing for the New York Times, Molly Young called it, “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.”

The book was named a “Best Book of the Year” by the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Good Housekeeping and TIME. Earlier bestselling novels include Lake Success, Super Sad True Love Story, Absurdistan, and The Russian Debutante’s Handbook.

Writing for the New York Times, Molly Young called it, “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.” The book was named a “Best Book of the Year” by the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Good Housekeeping and TIME.