leah reviewed The idiot by Elif Batuman
thoughts on the idiot
5 stars
this is my favorite book of all time. and likely the most well-written book i've ever read. or maybe it's just because i think in the same way that selin does.
423 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 2017 by Penguin Press.
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.
this is my favorite book of all time. and likely the most well-written book i've ever read. or maybe it's just because i think in the same way that selin does.