Tag: Gary Shteyngart

Gary Shteyngart in Seoul: ‘A Megacity With Endless Incongruities’

by Michael Yessis | 11.21.08 | 10:42 AM ET

Here’s another compelling piece from the author of “The Russian Debutante’s Handbook” and “Absurdistan” in the latest issue of Travel + Leisure. He writes: “Korea is a country with one of the unhappier histories the world has known, a present that amounts to the frenzied tapping of the fast-forward button and a future that may already be here.”

Tags: Gary Shteyngart, Literature, Asia, South Korea, Literary Travel