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The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
By Elif Batuman
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By Elif Batuman
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One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year
THE TRUE BUT UNLIKELY STORIES OF LIVES DEVOTEDABSURDLY! MELANCHOLICALLY! BEAUTIFULLY!TO THE RUSSIAN CLASSICS
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