RT Conference Proceedings T1 “[I]t was a cost priced into living in America:” Exploring normalization of selective social privilege and economic inequality in Gary Shteyngart’s Lake Success (2018) A1 Bryla, Martyna Marika K1 Literatura estadounidense - S. XXI - Historia y crítica K1 Gary Shteyngart - Crítica e interpretación AB This paper argues that Gary Shteyngart uses his protagonist's privileged position as a departure point for exploring the ongoing corruption of the formative narrative of the US identity, the American Dream, in contemporary America, arguing that the dissociation between individual success and collective well-being has been further normalized by Donald Trump’s rise to power. YR 2023 FD 2023 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/26420 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/26420 LA eng NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 19 ene 2026