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Either/Or

From the bestselling author of THE IDIOT
By Elif Batuman
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Either/Or by Elif Batuman follows Selin, a college sophomore, as she navigates her academic and personal life. Set in the 1990s, she explores questions of identity, relationships, and the meaning of life, drawing inspiration from literature and her own experiences. This engaging narrative provides insight into the complexities of growing up and self-discovery.
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You might enjoy this book if you are captivated by coming-of-age stories that delve into the complexities of identity, self-discovery, and the intricacies of college life. It offers a wonderfully humorous and insightful exploration of a young woman's journey through the intellectual and emotional landscapes of academia.

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A pitch-perfect encapsulation of one young woman's quest for self-knowledge, as she travels abroad and tests the limits of her newfound adulthood.

The new novel from the bestselling author of The Idiot follows one young woman's quest for self-knowledge, as she travels abroad and tests the limits of her newfound adulthood.

Elif Batuman is the queen of the campus novel... Enchanting — Sunday Times

Selin is the luckiest person in her family —

The only one who was born in America and got to go to Harvard. Now it's her second year, and Selin knows she has to make it count. The first order of business: to figure out the meaning of everything that happened over the summer...

On the plus side, her life feels like the plot of an exciting novel. On the other hand, why do so many novels have crazy, abandoned women in them? And how does one live a life as interesting as a novel — a life worthy of becoming a novel — without turning into a crazy, abandoned woman oneself?

Stupendous... Hilarious... Batuman is a genius — Vogue

This novel wins you over in a million micro-observations — New York Times

Searingly smart — Evening Standard

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Either/Or by Elif Batuman is praised as a witty and amusing exploration of campus life and the existential questions surrounding the purpose of novels. With Selin as a charmingly hapless scholar, the book delights with its insightful micro-observations and rich, suggestive narrative, making for an engaging and entertaining read.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529115932

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 May 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 368

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Elif Batuman Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Elif Batuman has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 2010. She is the author of The Possessed- Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them. The recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award, and a Paris Review Terry Southern Prize for Humor, she also holds a PhD in comparative literature from Stanford University.

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