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The Possessed
Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
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The Possessed
Batuman searches for the answers to the big questions in the details of lived experience, combining fresh readings of the great Russians with the sad and funny stories of the lives they continue to influence--including her own.
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The Possessed draws on Elif Batuman's articles in the New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and n+1 to tell the true story of one woman's intellectual and sentimental education and her many strange encounters with scholars devoted to classic Russian writers.
In a series of intertwined essays about her life—and other people's lives—in the world of Russian literature and scholarship, Batuman has written a funny, smart, and self-deprecating book about Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov, and the academics who worship them.
It is full of stories of ice palaces and giant apes, conference disasters, and excursions into Uzbek poetry; but there is also wisdom, and deep appreciation of the great Russian novels. Elif Batuman is a true original.
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This book by Elif Batuman is praised for its humorous and remarkable exploration of Russian authors and literature, with essays rich in historical detail. It thoughtfully combines critical analysis and cultural criticism while contemplating big ideas like identity and authorship. Readers enjoy Batuman's engaging descriptions of her travels, seeking out both the grandiose and the absurd in a variety of intriguing settings.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781921656644
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 April 2010
Country: Australia
Imprint: The Text Publishing Company
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 138.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 304
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