The Idiot
by Elif Batuman
Taste attributes: dramaromanceslowfresh & originalrealisticlinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeA grounded, small-scale novel, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.6 / 5
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About This Book
Embarking on her freshman year at Harvard in the early tech days of the 1990s, a young artist and daughter of Turkish immigrants begins a correspondence with an older mathematics student from Hungary while struggling with her changing sense of self, first love and a daunting career prospect.
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- Author
- Elif Batuman
- Published
- 2017
- Pages
- 432
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- Open Library
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