The Possessed

The Possessed
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Publisher : Granta Books
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9781847083791
ISBN-13 : 184708379X
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Book Synopsis The Possessed by : Elif Batuman

Download or read book The Possessed written by Elif Batuman and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roaming from Tashkent to San Francisco, this is the true story of one budding writer's strange encounters with the fanatics who are devoted - absurdly! melancholically! ecstatically! - to the Russian classics. Combining fresh readings of the great Russians from Gogol to Goncharov with the sad and funny stories of the lives they continue to influence, The Possessed introduces a brilliant and distinctive new voice: comic, humane, charming, poignant and completely, and unpretentiously, full of an infectious love for literature.


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