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About Elif Batuman
American author, academic, and journalist
Elif Batuman is an American author, academic, and journalist. She writes fiction and nonfiction, and is known for The Possessed, The Idiot, and Either/Or. Her work spans memoir, the novel, and magazine journalism. She is a staff writer for The New Yorker, and her books include The Possessed (2010), The Idiot (2017), a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and Either/Or (2022).
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- “One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is false econom…”Orison Swett Marden
- “With thought, patience, and discrimination, book passion becomes the signature of a person's character.”Nicholas A. Basbanes
- “People don't see this side of me. They don't know I read, like, 800 million spiritual books. Lately I am just…”Jenny McCarthy
Time: more sayings
- “It would be a great thing for my legacy to get in the ring with an all-time great.”Mikey Garcia
- “They stared at each other. Every ocean, every river, every minute they had walked together was in their gaze.…”Paullina Simons
- “The next time you feel really good, just keep feeling that way for the rest of your life.”Donny Miller
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Books by Elif Batuman
The Idiot
2017
The Possessed
2010