Американка Селин поступает в Гарвард. Ее жизнь круто меняется – и все вокруг требует от нее повзрослеть. Селин робко нащупывает дорогу в незнакомое. Ее ждут новые дисциплины, высокомерные преподаватели, пугающе умные студенты – и бесчисленное множество смыслов, которые она искренне не понимает, словно простодушный герой Достоевского. Главным испытанием для Селин становится любовь – нелепая любовь к таинственному венгру Ивану… Элиф Батуман – славист, специалист по русской литературе. Роман...
Американка Селин поступает в Гарвард. Ее жизнь круто меняется — и все вокруг требует от нее повзрослеть. Селин робко нащупывает дорогу в незнакомое. Ее ждут новые дисциплины, высокомерные преподаватели, пугающе умные студенты — и бесчисленное множество смыслов, которые она искренне не понимает, словно простодушный герой Достоевского. Главным испытанием для Селин становится любовь — нелепая любовь к таинственному венгру Ивану… Элиф Батуман — славист, специалист по русской литературе. Роман...
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...
Selin, a tall, highly strung Turkish-American from New Jersey turns up at Harvard with no idea what to expect. What she doesn't expect is: - How much time she will spend thinking about language and its limitations - An opinionated cosmopolitan Serb named Svetlana, who will become her confidante - A mathematician from Hungary called Ivan, whom she will obsess over when she is supposed to be studying - Feeling dangerously overwhelmed by the challenges and possibilities of adulthood But...
The new novel from the bestselling author of The Idiot follows one young woman's quest for self-knowledge, as she travels abroad and tests the limits of her newfound adulthood. 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, 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... On the plus side, her life feels...