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Author:

Batuman, Elif, 1977-

Title:

The possessed : adventures with Russian books and the people who read them / Elif Batuman.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

296 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Russian literature--Appreciation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-296).

Contents:

Babel in California -- Summer in Samarkand -- Who killed Tolstoy? -- Summer in Samarkand (continued) -- The house of ice -- Summer in Samarkand (conclusion) -- the possessed.

Summary:

Literally and metaphorically following the footsteps of her favorite authors, Batuman searches for the answers to the big questions in the details of lived experience, combining fresh readings of the great Russians, from Pushkin to Platonov, with the sad and funny stories of the lives they continue to influence--including her own.

ISBN:

0374532184 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780374532185 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)417444181

LCCN:

2009025416

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)