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The Idiot

by Elif Batuman

fictionIdentity (Psychology)Turkish AmericansWomen college studentsComing of ageLiteraryContemporary WomenBildungsromans

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.

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Book data: Open Library