Absurdistan

2006 novel by Gary Shteyngart
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Absurdistan

Summary

Absurdistan is a literary work[1]. Absurdistan ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (110 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Absurdistan authored Gary Shteyngart[3].
  • Absurdistan's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Absurdistan was published by Random House[5].
  • Absurdistan's genre is comedy[6].
  • Absurdistan's genre is satire[7].
  • Absurdistan's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Absurdistan's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • Absurdistan was released on May 2, 2006[10].
  • Absurdistan's has edition or translation is recorded as Q132532628[11].
  • Absurdistan's main subject is post-Soviet conflicts[12].
  • Absurdistan's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Absurdistan'}[13].
  • Absurdistan's form of creative work is recorded as novel[14].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Absurdistan authored Gary Shteyngart[3]. Absurdistan was published by Random House[5].

Publication

Absurdistan was published on May 2, 2006[10]. Absurdistan's language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Genres include comedy[6] and satire[7].

Subject and Themes

Absurdistan's main subject is post-Soviet conflicts[12].

Why It Matters

Absurdistan ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (110 views/month).[2] Absurdistan is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Country of origin → United States
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