The possessed : adventures with Russian books and the people who read them
(2010)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
891.709/BATUMAN,E
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
296 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780374532185 (pbk. : alk. paper), 0374532184 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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