Batuman is a masterful writer, and I look forward to seeing what she presents to us next! Required fields are marked *. I feel like if I do read it by the end I’ll be the physical embodiment of the “I don’t know what I expected” GIF. Diese Einkaufsfunktion lädt weitere Artikel, wenn die Eingabetaste gedrückt wird. A college story with a title that draws to mind a Russian classic and which features multicultural characters? "[8] Though, Garner ultimately describes, the protagonist, Selin, as "an interesting human who, very much like this wry but distant novel, never becomes an enveloping one. THE IDIOT is, I think, Elif Batuman's first novel, and it was a finalist for the Pulitzer. Reading Elif Batuman’s The Idiot was like cycling up a hill overlooking the sea – it’s difficult and heavy and tiring, but you get to see such beautiful scenery that it really feels worth it. I won a copy of The Idiot by Elif Batuman here on Goodreads and couldn't wait to read it. And by the end of the journey you look back through the road you went through and you barely remember the pain or the trouble you had to endure, because it was all part of the journey. March 2017: ISBN: 978-1-59420-561-3: Plot. I loved them so much. It gave me a particular feeling about the book, which I do not know whether I like or dislike – all I know is that it is unique and special. The Idiot (2017) is the semi-autobiographical first novel by the Turkish American writer Elif Batuman. The humor is so dry, and the words are so carefully picked, I found myself continually reading passages to my husband. I lo, "There's ... no such thing as witches. She takes her classes, becomes closer with her housemates, and a fellow classmate in their Russian language class. You can follow her writing adventures on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @kestlong. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I like how The Idiot features a more intellectual take on college life. It was deep and thought-provoking. She befriends Svetlana, who is Serbian and lively and so very much unlike Selin. The Idiot is the type of novel that I appreciated more as a college student when I wanted to be super intellectual and, like the protagonist Selin, was in the process of discovering my identity. Crystal here. Books about college life are difficult to come by. [4][5], The Idiot was a 2018 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Fiction. [6] According to the literary review aggregator LitHub, the novel received mostly positive reviews. Außerdem analysiert es Rezensionen, um die Vertrauenswürdigkeit zu überprüfen. And she meets Ivan, a Math senior from Hungary, and develops a crush on this guy who seems to have figured out all. I couldn’t imagine viewing his presence on Earth as any kind of miracle, but wasn’t that itself the miracle – that love really was an obscure and unfathomable connection between individuals, and not an economic contest where everyone was matched up according to how quantifiably lovable they were? Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The Idiot is the type of novel that I appreciated more as a college student when I wanted to be super intellectual and, like the protagonist Selin, was in the process of discovering my identity. It's really funny", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Idiot_(Batuman_novel)&oldid=980634562, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 September 2020, at 16:17.

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