Super Sad True Love Story
by Gary Shteyngart
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Jun 2026 on The Ezra Klein Show.
The general take
Ezra Klein views Super Sad True Love Story as remarkably prescient, frequently invoking it to describe present-day reality and arguing that it predicted the strange world we're living in better than almost any other book. He's been actively promoting it to others over the past six months, suggesting it resonates with him as a kind of cultural touchstone for understanding today.
About
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION The uncannily prescient (and deliciously dark) tale of America’s dysfunctional near future—and the timeless, tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink, by the bestselling author of The Sensualist NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • San Francisco Chronicle • The Seattle Times • O: The Oprah Magazine • Maureen Corrigan, NPR • Salon • Slate • Minneapolis Star Tribune • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • The Kansas City Star • Charlotte Observer • The Globe and Mail • Vancouver Sun • Montreal Gazette • Kirkus Reviews In America's near future, young people are feeling crushed by financial crisis, the oppression of social media, a military adventure in Venezuela, and an incoming tide of fascism.
Who said what
Ezra Klein👍 Recommends
…predicting contemporary culture through dystopian fiction written before its time
“Over the past six months, I keep telling people, we are living in super sad true love story. And sometimes I'll say to me, what was super sad true love story? What do you mean? Super sad true love story, if for some terrible reason you don't know, is a 2010 book by Gary Steingart. And I think more than any other book, it predicted the strangeness of the world we live in today.”
The Ezra Klein Show — I Keep Telling People We’re Living in This Dystopian Novelat 01:12
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