Elif Batuman is a Turkish-American author known for novels like The Idiot and Either/Or, which combine humor, philosophy, and literary analysis. Batuman’s work explores themes of identity, culture, and relationships.
The Idiot by Elif Batuman is a wonderfully offbeat and darkly comic coming-of-age novel. It follows Selin, a Turkish-American student starting her first year at Harvard in the 1990s. As she navigates the awkwardness of college life, Batuman takes us inside her mind, where humor and confusion blend together seamlessly.
The novel’s charm lies in its dry, intellectual humor and the quirky lens through which Selin...
