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Either/Or by Batuman, Elif is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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*Chosen as a 2022 literary highlight by Guardian , Financial Times, Daily Mail and Esquire* SELIN IS THE LUCKIEST PERSON IN HER FAMILY: the only one who was born in America and got to go to Harvard. Now it's her second year, 1996, and Selin knows she has to make it count. The first order of business: to figure out the meaning of everything that happened over the summer. Why did Selin's elusive crush, Ivan, find her that job in the Hungarian countryside? What was up with all those other people in the Hungarian countryside? Why is Ivan's ex-girlfriend now trying to get in touch with her? On the plus side, her life feels like the plot of an exciting novel. On the other hand, why do so many novels have crazy, abandoned women in them? How does one live a life as interesting as a novel-a life worthy of becoming a novel-without becoming a crazy, abandoned woman oneself? Guided by her literature syllabus and by her more worldly and confident peers, Selin reaches certain conclusions about the universal importance of parties, alcohol, and sex, and resolves to execute them in practice - no matter the cost. Next on the list: international travel. Unfolding with the propulsive logic and

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Batuman, Elif
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Published
2022
Language
EN
ISBN
9781787333871
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction
Rating
4.2 / 5 (681 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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