![]() 'Hilarious, brilliant observations about writing, life and crushes' Curtis Sittenfeld 'Full of zingy one-liners' Financial Times 'Elif Batuman surely has one of the best senses of humour.refreshing and unique' Sheila Heti 'A moving, continent-hopping coming-of-age story' Observer ![]() ![]() Feeling dangerously overwhelmed by the challenges and possibilities of adulthoodīut most of all, Selin does not expect to embark on a study of precisely how baffling love can be when you are trying to forge a self. A mathematician from Hungary called Ivan, whom she will obsess over when she is supposed to be studying An opinionated cosmopolitan Serb named Svetlana, who will become her confidante How much time she will spend thinking about language and its limitations Selin, a tall, highly strung Turkish-American from New Jersey turns up at Harvard with no idea what to expect. ![]() ![]() **SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018** 'I loved it and could have read a thousand more pages of it' Emma Cline, author of The Girls The ingenious, hilarious new novel from award-winning writer Elif Batuman - 'It’s a novel about being young and stupid that’s both wise and clever - and it’s a treat' Evening Standard ![]()
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