One of "The Economist"'s 2011 Books of the Year THE TRUE BUT UNLIKELY STORIES OF LIVES DEVOTED--ABSURDLY MELANCHOLICALLY BEAUTIFULLY --TO THE RUSSIAN CLASSICS
No one who read Elif Batuman's first article (in the journal "n+1") will ever forget it. "Babel in California" told the true story of va[...]
In her brilliant first book Elif Batuman takes the reader on a journey both literary and physical as she traces the evolution of her fascination with Russian literature across the globe and several centuries. This is a deeply funny, fiercely intelligent portrait of the not-always-rational pursuit of[...]
Roaming from Tashkent to San Francisco, this is the true story of one budding writer's strange encounters with the fanatics who are devoted - absurdly! melancholically! ecstatically! - to the Russian classics. Combining fresh readings of the great Russians from Gogol to Goncharov with the sad and fu[...]
Utifrån en hängiven kärlek till den ryska litteraturens största klassiker har Elif Batuman skrivit en personlig, smart och oavbrutet underhållande samling berättelser om böcker, litteratur och läsning.
Bara i Besatta får du läsa om litterära forskarkonferenser, Sama[...]
Utifrån en hängiven kärlek till den ryska litteraturens största klassiker har Elif Batuman skrivit en personlig, smart och oavbrutet underhållande samling berättelser om böcker, litteratur och läsning.Bara i Besatta får du läsa om litterära forskarkonferenser, Samarkands sevärdheter, vad[...]