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product_id: 18150394
title: "The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them"
brand: "elif batuman"
price: "€ 42.22"
currency: EUR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/18150394-the-possessed-adventures-with-russian-books-and-the-people-who
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# The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them

**Brand:** elif batuman
**Price:** € 42.22
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by elif batuman
- **How much does it cost?** € 42.22 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them

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## Customer Reviews

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    unimaginably narcissistic
  

*by R***E on Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2021*

Like lots of narcissists (I know:  too-vogue a term), Elif seems like she's a nice person.  Therein ends my interest in this text.  Wow:  who let her DIARY out?  This never should have been published.  Only her friends and her therapist'd be interested in this fluff and twaddle.  And I read half of The Idiot.  Who the devil are these millennial sillies like Batumen and Sally Rooney?  They sure ain't WRITERS.  Typical safe MFA program musing.  Nothing in the least profound or moving.  I'm sorry I bought this.  Gonna donate it to a library or a rubbish bin.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Life, Love, Russian Literature from the Outside
  

*by B***S on Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2018*

An ironic, at times borderline sardonic, alienated view of life & literature. The author loves her study subjects and love interests a little bit like, to rephrase P. G. Wodehouse, "a mother loves a half witted child". The way she recounts works by Navoi and especially Dostoyevsky doesn't leave a shadow of a doubt in your mind about these being written by major loons. As a Dostoyevsky hater, I  experienced something of a Schadenfreude kind of pleasure reading it: "Take it, Fedya!" I would say forget the classics, read Elif, learn something and be entertained.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Unexpectedly Fun, Engaging and Educational
  

*by S***T on Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2021*

This is a book about people who read books and study Russian authors. I can’t explain it. But it’s a story from a smart, great and funny and insightful and honest storyteller about stories and storytellers we may otherwise pass through. The stories she uses to bring stories to life from Babel to The Black Monk … you can’t know what to expect entering this book of experiences but I found it a fun read that exposed me to Russian lit in a way that made it human and 3 dimensional.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-11*