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> The Possessed (2010), The Idiot (2017), and Either/Or (2022) That's like publishing Hamlet (2010), King Lear (2017), and Thus Spake Zarathustra (2022). I won
by blast 3mo ago
> The Possessed (2010), The Idiot (2017), and Either/Or (2022)
That's like publishing Hamlet (2010), King Lear (2017), and Thus Spake Zarathustra (2022). I wonder what her thought process is in choosing these titles? And what will her next work be?
- gtg239a 3mo agoShe has an academic background in Russian Literature and writes really engaging essays about her encounters with the literature (The Possessed). I can’t recommend her novels and essays enough. They’re riotously funny and erudite and readable if you’re looking for something.
- everybodyknows 3mo agoHer coming-of-age short story or perhaps memoir of a few years ago in The New Yorker has stayed with me. Only after finishing and contemplating it does the tragedy of the young woman's experience really make itself felt.
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