The Idiot A Novel

by Elif Batuman

2018

In the mid-90s, as email begins to connect the world, a Turkish-American Harvard freshman navigates the bewildering landscape of language, love, and self-discovery. Through stilted correspondence with an older math student and a trip to Europe with a captivating friend, she grapples with the ineffable confusion of first romance and the dawning realization that she's destined to be a writer. This is a sharp, witty, and deeply felt exploration of burgeoning adulthood for anyone who's ever felt lost in translation.

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