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The Idiot: A Novel
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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Mar 20, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Elif Batuman, a New Yorker staff writer and author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, offers up a delightfully refreshing coming-of-age story about not just discovering but inventing oneself. Batuman’s debut novel The Idiot begins in 1995 when email is new and Selin, the daughter of Turkish immigrants, arrives for her freshman year at Harvard where she navigates the strange new worlds of academics, friendships, and falling in love via email. Batuman discusses this off-kilter journey into adulthood and her recent reporting for The New Yorker from Turkey, with comedic author, television writer, and co-host of The Great Debates podcast Steve Hely.For photos from this program, click here.
Released:
Mar 20, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Anne Lamott by ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library