Elif BatumanLiterary Fiction · Fiction·b. 1977
The Idiot
Synopsis
During her freshman year at Harvard in the early 1990s, a young artist and daughter of Turkish immigrants navigates a changing sense of self and first love. She begins a correspondence with an older Hungarian mathematics student, all while contemplating a daunting career path. This story explores the complexities of youth, connection, and self-discovery.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10

