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My Life at First Try by Budman, Mark
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- Hardcover
- Weight
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- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9781582434001
- Book Title
- My Life at First Try : a Novel
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Counterpoint Press
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Urban, Coming of Age, Jewish
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 16.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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This semi-autobiographical debut novel chronicles the life of Alex, born in Siberia in 1950, and his dreams of becoming a writer and of meeting Annie, his distant American cousin. As a child, Alex observes a group of foreign tourists do something that non-drunk Soviet adults seldom do: they laugh. Alex yearns to become one of thema free and happy foreigner. Those aspirations quickly fade as Alex begins to encounter the absurdities and constraints of living in a society where conformity is institutionalized. Hilarious and sometimes sobering, the book s short chapters chronicle making it through the army, mastering the English language, sex, and meeting the girl of his dreams. In 1980, Alex and his young family finally get the chance to move to America. There he realizes that he is finally a foreignernot the happy foreigner of his dream, but an alien. Ultimately, Alex finds his own place in the world, despite the fact that having the right to vote for an elephant or an ass does not necessarily guarantee self-fulfillment."
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Publisher
Counterpoint Press
ISBN-10
158243400x
ISBN-13
9781582434001
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038412221
Product Key Features
Book Title
My Life at First Try : a Novel
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Urban, Coming of Age, Jewish
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3602.U335m92 2008
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This blazingly fast and funny "semi-autobiographical" novel follows a Russian man's comically earnest pursuit of the American dream. As a child, Alex, living in 1950s Siberia with his parents and grandparents, sees a picture of his American-born second cousin, Annie, and he believes he has found his destiny. Throughout his formative sexual experiences, he fantasizes about Annie, who embodies the exoticness of Western culture and the wholesomeness of the American dream. By the late 1970s, when Alex's parents decide to decamp for the U.S., Alex packs up his wife and their young daughter, too, and after the trio land in upstate New York, Alex goes to work at the IBM-like HAL Corporation while his wife, Lyuba, an internist, takes longer to settle in. At first, Alex is content with his new freedom-loving democratic identity, but as his children grow and Lyuba becomes more independent the dream begins to lose its sheen. The novel is hilarious, eye-opening and, by the end, a little depressing. It's tough not to have Alex's buoyant energy rub off on the reader. Publishers Weekly This lively, "semi-autobiographical" debut novel-in-stories chronicles the life of Russian immigrant Alex from his childhood in 1950s Siberia to present-day adulthood in upstate New York. Growing up is a Communist society, Alex humorously questions and consideres the limitations forced upon him. As an adolescent, he sees a picture of his American cousin and, enamored, yearns to immigrate to the United States in the belief that there he will be able to achieve his dreams. With the promise of America continually on the horizon, Alex attends Moscow University, spends time in the army, and finds work where he can. In 1980, Alex, now married with a young daughter, immigrates to a New York suburb. The longer Alex lives in America, however, the more he discovers that the life he imagined may not provide the means of fulfillment he so desires. Readers who enjoy a fast-paced narrative will take pleasure in Alex's inquisitive journey. Booklist An emigre and raconteur chronicles, in digestible bites, his life in Russia and America.Born in what is today the Republic of Moldova, Budman applies his memories of life in Soviet Russia and his sardonic observations of life in America to his witty semi-autobiographical debut. Utilizing the brevity of "flash fiction," the author lets his fictional doppelganger Alex reveal his story in pocket-sized segments, allowing him little more than a chapter or two for each of his 56 years, capturing both the significant turning points and the poignant minutiae of a lifetime's journey in an insightful running commentary. The youthful narrator is a sex-obsessed young man who knows to shout his opposition to the imperialists even in state-sponsored karate class but who also rightly fears the drudgery of work. "I just finished reading Dante's 'Inferno,' so I recognize Hell right away," he says of his first job. "I've abandoned all hope. I'll be lucky to get out of here alive." As time passes, Alex trains as an engineer, marries a girl named Lyuba and raises two daughters, all the while consumed with a healthy imagination and his ongoing attraction to his cousin Annie, who lives in America. Struggling to support his family, Alex schemes to move them to New York, where he becomes a drone for the HAL Corporation. With success beyond his wildest dreams behind him, the boy who only wanted to get a girl finds himself sad, lonely yet still archly comic, even as he tries to come to terms with a life passing him by. "Writing in a second language is supposed to be a torture," says Alex. "But I enjoy it. Maybe I'm a masochist." A funny, little-seen version of the American dream. -Kirkus Reviews, This lively, "semi-autobiographical" debut novel-in-stories chronicles the life of Russian immigrant Alex from his childhood in 1950s Siberia to present-day adulthood in upstate New York. Growing up is a Communist society, Alex humorously questions and consideres the limitations forced upon him. As an adolescent, he sees a picture of his American cousin and, enamored, yearns to immigrate to the United States in the belief that there he will be able to achieve his dreams. With the promise of America continually on the horizon, Alex attends Moscow University, spends time in the army, and finds work where he can. In 1980, Alex, now married with a young daughter, immigrates to a New York suburb. The longer Alex lives in America, however, the more he discovers that the life he imagined may not provide the means of fulfillment he so desires. Readers who enjoy a fast-paced narrative will take pleasure in Alex's inquisitive journey. Booklist An emigre and raconteur chronicles, in digestible bites, his life in Russia and America.Born in what is today the Republic of Moldova, Budman applies his memories of life in Soviet Russia and his sardonic observations of life in America to his witty semi-autobiographical debut. Utilizing the brevity of "flash fiction," the author lets his fictional doppelganger Alex reveal his story in pocket-sized segments, allowing him little more than a chapter or two for each of his 56 years, capturing both the significant turning points and the poignant minutiae of a lifetime's journey in an insightful running commentary. The youthful narrator is a sex-obsessed young man who knows to shout his opposition to the imperialists even in state-sponsored karate class but who also rightly fears the drudgery of work. "I just finished reading Dante's 'Inferno,' so I recognize Hell right away," he says of his first job. "I've abandoned all hope. I'll be lucky to get out of here alive." As time passes, Alex trains as an engineer, marries a girl named Lyuba and raises two daughters, all the while consumed with a healthy imagination and his ongoing attraction to his cousin Annie, who lives in America. Struggling to support his family, Alex schemes to move them to New York, where he becomes a drone for the HAL Corporation. With success beyond his wildest dreams behind him, the boy who only wanted to get a girl finds himself sad, lonely yet still archly comic, even as he tries to come to terms with a life passing him by. "Writing in a second language is supposed to be a torture," says Alex. "But I enjoy it. Maybe I'm a masochist." A funny, little-seen version of the American dream. -Kirkus Reviews "A mordant dreamer, the protagonist of this first novel is deliciously at odds with his comrades in Russia; in college, the son of Jewish refugees disses a Chechen brute and barely escapes a mugging. Budman's episodic story (inspired by his life as an expatriate) is funniest when he's dissecting Russian culture; after his protagonist resettles in the U.S., he loses much of his edge. Still, this soulful tale about a perpetual outsider marks a debut well worth celebrating." -People Magazine, This lively, "semi-autobiographical" debut novel-in-stories chronicles the life of Russian immigrant Alex from his childhood in 1950s Siberia to present-day adulthood in upstate New York. Growing up is a Communist society, Alex humorously questions and consideres the limitations forced upon him. As an adolescent, he sees a picture of his American cousin and, enamored, yearns to immigrate to the United States in the belief that there he will be able to achieve his dreams. With the promise of America continually on the horizon, Alex attends Moscow University, spends time in the army, and finds work where he can. In 1980, Alex, now married with a young daughter, immigrates to a New York suburb. The longer Alex lives in America, however, the more he discovers that the life he imagined may not provide the means of fulfillment he so desires. Readers who enjoy a fast-paced narrative will take pleasure in Alex's inquisitive journey. - Booklist An emigre and raconteur chronicles, in digestible bites, his life in Russia and America.Born in what is today the Republic of Moldova, Budman applies his memories of life in Soviet Russia and his sardonic observations of life in America to his witty semi-autobiographical debut. Utilizing the brevity of "flash fiction," the author lets his fictional doppelganger Alex reveal his story in pocket-sized segments, allowing him little more than a chapter or two for each of his 56 years, capturing both the significant turning points and the poignant minutiae of a lifetime's journey in an insightful running commentary. The youthful narrator is a sex-obsessed young man who knows to shout his opposition to the imperialists even in state-sponsored karate class but who also rightly fears the drudgery of work. "I just finished reading Dante's 'Inferno,' so I recognize Hell right away," he says of his first job. "I've abandoned all hope. I'll be lucky to get out of here alive." As time passes, Alex trains as an engineer, marries a girl named Lyuba and raises two daughters, all the while consumed with a healthy imagination and his ongoing attraction to his cousin Annie, who lives in America. Struggling to support his family, Alex schemes to move them to New York, where he becomes a drone for the HAL Corporation. With success beyond his wildest dreams behind him, the boy who only wanted to get a girl finds himself sad, lonely yet still archly comic, even as he tries to come to terms with a life passing him by. "Writing in a second language is supposed to be a torture," says Alex. "But I enjoy it. Maybe I'm a masochist." A funny, little-seen version of the American dream. -- Kirkus Reviews "A mordant dreamer, the protagonist of this first novel is deliciously at odds with his comrades in Russia; in college, the son of Jewish refugees disses a Chechen brute and barely escapes a mugging. Budman's episodic story (inspired by his life as an expatriate) is funniest when he's dissecting Russian culture; after his protagonist resettles in the U.S., he loses much of his edge. Still, this soulful tale about a perpetual outsider marks a debut well worth celebrating." -- People Magazine
Copyright Date
2008
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2008-013092
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