The Possessed
by Elif Batuman
Buy on AmazonExhilaratingly great and somehow manages to be erudite about Russian literature and funny at the same time.
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"Exhilaratingly great and somehow manages to be erudite about Russian literature and funny at the same time."
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"I adored Elif Batuman's book/memoir/essay about studying Russian literature, "The Possessed.""
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