The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman

The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them

Elif Batuman

nonfiction essays memoir challenging funny reflective slow-paced

296 pages | first published 2010

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No one who read Elif Batuman’s first article (in the journal n+1) will ever forget it. “Babel in California” told the true story of various human destinies intersecting at Stanford University during a conference about the enigmatic writer Isaac Ba...
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Moods

funny 82%
informative 69%
reflective 52%
lighthearted 43%
inspiring 30%
adventurous 26%
challenging 26%
dark 8%
hopeful 8%
relaxing 8%
emotional 4%
mysterious 4%

Pace

medium 73%
slow 21%
fast 4%

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