Memoir
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2010·336 pages
Elif Batuman explores Russian literature through personal adventures and sharp insights in this witty memoir.
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Elif Batuman explores Russian literature through personal adventures and sharp insights in this witty memoir.
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Literally and metaphorically following the footsteps of her favorite authors, Batuman searches for the answers to the big questions in the details of lived experience, combining fresh readings of the great Russians, from Pushkin to Platonov, with the sad and funny stories of the lives they continue to influence--including her own.
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will contain mild spoilers
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Magic & witchcraft
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Minor political themes in discussions of Russian literature and history.
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