Possessed, The: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
Elif Batuman
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 05-04-2018
£9.99
A witty, brilliant treatise on reading Russian literature
Description
The true story of one woman’s intellectual and sentimental education and her strange encounters with others devoted – absurdly, melancholically, ecstatically – to the Russian classics 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 funny stories of the lives they continue to influence, The Possessed introduces a brilliant and distinctive new voice: comic, humane, charming, poignant and completely, and unpretentiously, full of an infectious love for literature.
Additional information
Weight | 0.215 kg |
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Dimensions | 18 × 129 × 198 mm |
Page Count | 304 |