The Possessed

Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them

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Beschreibung

<b>'The funniest book I've read in a long time: its deadpan, dry humour and its accumulation of absurdities will leave you rolling on your floor with laughter' <i>The Times</i> </b><b>She thought she was a lover of the great classics of Russian literature - until she met the superfans...</b> Roaming from Tashkent to San Francisco, this is the true story of one budding writer's strange encounters with the fanatics who are devoted - absurdly! melancholically! ecstatically! - to the Russian classics. Combining fresh readings of the great Russians from Tolstoy to Dostoevsky with the sad and funny stories of the lives they continue to influence, <i>The Possessed</i> is comic, humane, charming, poignant and full of an infectious love for literature. <b>'Dazzlingly good ... very bookish, very clever and very funny... a preposterously engaging volume' Jane Shilling, <i>Sunday Telegraph</i> </b><b>'The highest compliment you can pay such a book is that it sends you back to the original authors refreshed. I can go one higher - I found myself simply wanting to read more from Elif Batuman' <i>Evening Standard</i> </b><b>'An intoxicating mix of travel memoir, autobiography, literary criticism and philosophy... Charming and hilarious' <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781803510187

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 127 x 21 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Granta Publications