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Author Batuman, Elif, 1977-

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

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  891.709 B32    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  891.7 BAT    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  891.7 BATUMAN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  891.7 BATUMAN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  891.7 B32    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  891.7 B32P    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  891.709 BATUMAN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 296 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [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.
Subject Russian literature -- Appreciation.
ISBN 9780374532185 paperback alkaline paper
0374532184 paperback alkaline paper
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