Elif Batuman
Isaac Chotiner speaks with author and New Yorker staff writer Elif Batuman about what inspired her new novel The Idiot
March 30, 2017
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<p>Elif Batuman, is an author and staff writer for <em>The New Yorker</em>. She’s the daughter of Turkish immigrants and her first book, <em>The Possessed</em>, was about her experiences with Russian literature and her travels around the world. She sat down with Isaac Chotiner to talk about her work and her new novel, <em>The Idiot</em>.</p><p> </p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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