The Idiot by Elif Batuman: Book Discussion
Monday 16 November 2026, 12:00Venue time (Detroit)
Monday 16 November 202612:00 · Venue time (Detroit)
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In her 2017 semi-autobiographical debut novel about Selin, a Turkish-American Harvard freshman in the mid-1990s, who navigates language, love, and self-discovery through her studies, a summer teaching English in Hungary, and a long, confusing email correspondence with an older math student named Ivan, Batuman presents a modern coming-of-age story with lessons about academic knowledge versus lived experiences.
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