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The Idiot by Elif Batuman · Booklabria

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The Idiot

WomenPsychological

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First published: 1969
Editions: 14 in 4 languages

Synopsis

Embarking on her freshman year at Harvard in the early tech days of the 1990s, a young artist and daughter of Turkish immigrants begins a correspondence with an older mathematics student from Hungary while struggling with her changing sense of self, first love and a daunting career prospect.

Subjects: Women
Psychological
Literary
Identity
Coming of Age
College students

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14 in 4 languages

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English8 French1 German1 Spanish1

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