Either/Or (Signed First Edition)

Batuman, Elif

ISBN 10: 0525557598 / ISBN 13: 9780525557593

Published by Penguin Press, New York, 2022

About this Item

Penguin, New York, 2022. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Very Fine in a very fine jacket. A pristine unread copy, with publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($27.00). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Ships in well padded box. SIGNED by author on title page, her name only, without any other writing. "Either/Or" is the second novel by Batuman, continuing the story of Selin, the narrator of Batuman's first novel "The Idiot," now in her second year at Harvard University, a pivotal time of sexual and intellectual awakening tackling themes of literature, philosophy (inspired by Kierkegaard, of course), culture, and the tension between theory and lived experience. "The Idiot" was a 2018 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Either/Or (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Penguin Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525557598
• ISBN 13: 9780525557593
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Pulitzer Prize

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Synopsis

An instant New York Times bestseller!

A New York Times Notable Book of 2022

“Batuman has a gift for making the universe seem, somehow, like the benevolent and witty literary seminar you wish it were . . .This novel wins you over in a million micro-observations.” —The New York Times

From the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Idiot, the continuation of beloved protagonist Selin’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 sophomore 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 weird ex-girlfriend now trying to get in touch with Selin? On the plus side, it 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 what the cost. Next on the list: international travel.

Unfolding with the propulsive logic and intensity of youth, Either/Or is a landmark novel by one of our most brilliant writers. Hilarious, revelatory, and unforgettable, its gripping narrative will confront you with searching questions that persist long after the last page.

About the Author

Elif Batuman’s first novel, The Idiot, was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize, and was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in the UK. She is also the author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, which was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism. She has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2010 and holds a PhD in comparative literature from Stanford University.