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Elif Batuman's sequel 'Either/Or' follows a young woman's sexual awakening

Either/Or is Batuman's sequel to her bestselling Pulitzer finalist novel The Idiot.
Elif Batuman

Elif Batuman has turned her years in college into another book. Her highly anticipated sequel to the 2017 Pulitzer finalist The Idiot is out on Tuesday – and the lively, witty, inquisitive protagonist Selin is just as curious about "the human condition" as she was in the first novel.

picks up where left off. Selin is now a sophomore, after having spent the summer trying to understand her obsession with a boy she followed to Hungary. In , Selin continues to muse about every choice she makes, comparing

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