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'Elif Batuman is the queen of the campus novel... Enchanting' Sunday Times
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 her second year, 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...
On the plus side, her life feels like the plot of an exciting novel. On the other hand, why do so many novels have crazy, abandoned women in them? And how does one live a life as interesting as a novel - a life worthy of becoming a novel - without turning into a crazy, abandoned woman oneself?
'Stupendous... Hilarious... Batuman is a genius' Vogue
'This novel wins you over in a million micro-observations' New York Times
'Searingly smart' Evening Standard
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3.5 stars I want to thank Lydia for gifting me this book, after I was able to go on one of her Green Line Tours, which I found really insightful. The book is a collection of her articles, and if you ever did a tour with Lydia, you will probably be familiar with some of the stories in here (like I was). For other stories I felt like I needed some more knowledge on certain people, stories, and attacks. I still appreciate all the amazing work Lydia is doing! Two things that stood out to me the most were the parts about the city Barta'a and the Areas A, B and C in the Westbank. And this saying: "If Mohammed cannot come to the mountain, then the mountain will come to Mohammed" (page 79)
Tolle Alltagsbeobachtungen, aber zu wenig Handlung ⭐️⭐️1/2⭐️
Am Anfang fand ich das Buch ganz toll. Die vielen kleinen Alltagsbeobachtungen wirkten inspirierend und vielversprechend. Jedoch wartete ich vergebens auf den Beginn des Plots. Im Prinzip kann „either/or“ als Tagebuch einer amerikanischen Studentin mit türkischem familiären Hintergrund gesehen werden, die noch dabei ist, sich selbst zu finden. Auf 360 Seiten war mir das etwas zu langwierig. Während Selins Reise am Ende des Buches werden türkische Männer wiederholt als (u.a. sexuell) übergriffig dargestellt. Ich hätte mich gefreut, wenn solch ein Vorurteil hier nicht reproduziert würde. Andererseits wehrt die Protagonistin sich auch nicht dagegen. Also: am Anfang, aber Tendenz leider sinkend.
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'Elif Batuman is the queen of the campus novel... Enchanting' Sunday Times
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 her second year, 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...
On the plus side, her life feels like the plot of an exciting novel. On the other hand, why do so many novels have crazy, abandoned women in them? And how does one live a life as interesting as a novel - a life worthy of becoming a novel - without turning into a crazy, abandoned woman oneself?
'Stupendous... Hilarious... Batuman is a genius' Vogue
'This novel wins you over in a million micro-observations' New York Times
'Searingly smart' Evening Standard
Book Information
Posts
3.5 stars I want to thank Lydia for gifting me this book, after I was able to go on one of her Green Line Tours, which I found really insightful. The book is a collection of her articles, and if you ever did a tour with Lydia, you will probably be familiar with some of the stories in here (like I was). For other stories I felt like I needed some more knowledge on certain people, stories, and attacks. I still appreciate all the amazing work Lydia is doing! Two things that stood out to me the most were the parts about the city Barta'a and the Areas A, B and C in the Westbank. And this saying: "If Mohammed cannot come to the mountain, then the mountain will come to Mohammed" (page 79)
Tolle Alltagsbeobachtungen, aber zu wenig Handlung ⭐️⭐️1/2⭐️
Am Anfang fand ich das Buch ganz toll. Die vielen kleinen Alltagsbeobachtungen wirkten inspirierend und vielversprechend. Jedoch wartete ich vergebens auf den Beginn des Plots. Im Prinzip kann „either/or“ als Tagebuch einer amerikanischen Studentin mit türkischem familiären Hintergrund gesehen werden, die noch dabei ist, sich selbst zu finden. Auf 360 Seiten war mir das etwas zu langwierig. Während Selins Reise am Ende des Buches werden türkische Männer wiederholt als (u.a. sexuell) übergriffig dargestellt. Ich hätte mich gefreut, wenn solch ein Vorurteil hier nicht reproduziert würde. Andererseits wehrt die Protagonistin sich auch nicht dagegen. Also: am Anfang, aber Tendenz leider sinkend.