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.
by Jeevika Verma
May 24, 2022
3 minutes
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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