Possessed Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them

Name: Possessed Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
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ISBN: 9780374532185

ISBN-10: 0374532184

ISBN-13: 9780374532185

Edition: 2010

Authors: Elif Batuman

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THE TRUE BUT UNLIKELY STORIES OF LIVES DEVOTED ABSURDLY! MELANCHOLICALLY! BEAUTIFULLY!TO THE RUSSIAN CLASSICS No one who read Elif Batuman's first article (in the journaln+1) will ever forget it. "Babel in California" told the true story of various human destinies intersecting at Stanford University during a conference about the enigmatic writer Isaac Babel. Over the course of several pages, Batuman managed to misplace Babel's last living relatives at the San Francisco airport, uncover Babel's secret influence on the making ofKing Kong, and introduce her readers to a new voice that was unpredictable, comic, humane, ironic, charming, poignant, and completely, unpretentiously full of love for…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 2/16/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.20" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

ELIF BATUMAN was born in New York City and grew up in New Jersey. She now lives in Twin Peaks, San Francisco (near the radio tower). She is the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Prize. She teaches literature at Stanford University.