PublishedPenguin, April 2018 |
ISBN9780099583172 |
FormatSoftcover, 432 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 12.9cm × 2.6cm |
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
'I loved it and could have read a thousand more pages of it' Emma Cline, author of The Girls
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018
Selin, a tall, highly strung Turkish-American from New Jersey turns up at Harvard with no idea what to expect. What she doesn't expect is-
How much time she will spend thinking about language and its limitations
An opinionated cosmopolitan Serb named Svetlana, who will become her confidante
A mathematician from Hungary called Ivan, whom she will obsess over when she is supposed to be studying
Feeling dangerously overwhelmed by the challenges and possibilities of adulthood
But 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...
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PRAISE FOR THE IDIOT-
'A moving, continent-hopping coming-of-age story' Observer
'Elif Batuman surely has one of the best senses of humour...refreshing and unique' Sheila Heti
'Full of zingy one-liners' Financial Times
'Hilarious, brilliant observations about writing, life and crushes' Curtis Sittenfeld
'Delightful and slyly funny' Red
