![]() ![]() After receiving Either/Or and recognizing my mistake, I frantically scrambled to acquire a copy of Elif Batuman’s The Idiot, which had been languishing in my TBR since its release in 2017. Oops! I did the thing I promised myself I would never do: I requested a book without realizing it was a sequel. I received an ARC of Either/Or from Penguin Press in exchange for an honest review. Without the literary references, it would be a very slow read. The narrator's life is slow, and she seems naive and timid to move forward. ![]() I enjoyed the literature and philosophy jointing together. Taking her first steps.Ī nostalgic book for me as most of this takes place in the 1990s, which is a good early internet time since it is very easy to ghost someone. She only breaks free of the literature and her family at the very end. She seems to be living in her own head through most of the narrative. It is peppered with Russian literature metaphors of her own life. One must decide if one will lead an aesthetic or ethical life. A philosophy class brings her to Kirkegaard's Eithe rOr, the title of this book. Russian Literature, her focus of study, highlights most of her actions and stories. ![]() Salin struggles through school in an attempt to find meaning. The sequel to Bautaman's The Idiot continues Salin's journey through college in the aftermath of a failed non-relationship. ![]()
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