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Books by Elif Batuman mentioned on podcasts

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2 books across 9 episodes on 1 podcast.

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  1. The Idiot

    9 mentions · The Book Review

    The Idiot by Elif Batuman is a brilliant coming-of-age novel that follows a young woman navigating her freshman year at Harvard and her nascent, epistolary romance with an older student.

    Discussed
    “I was happy to see the idiot there which was that was a finalist finalist two kind of comic novels finalist and winner”
    Speaker The Book Review Jo Nesbo Reimagines ‘Macbeth’ 2018-04-20 Listen at 49:32
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. The Possessed

    3 mentions · The Book Review

    The Possessed by Elif Batuman is an engaging collection of essays subtitled Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them.

    Discussed
    “um the other thing that I'm sort of starting to dip into this week is ellf botan's the possessed uh collection of essays subtitled adventures with Russian books and the people who read them”
    John Williams The Book Review Power and Punishment 2017-04-14 Listen at 44:43
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible