The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them

Praise for The Possessed “Odd and oddly profound . . . Batuman is the kind of reader who sends you back to your bookshelves with a sublime buzz in your head. You want to feel what she’s feeling.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times Book Review“Hilarious and charming . . . Ten pages in, I already knew I’d read Batuman on pretty much anything.”—Laura Miller, Salon Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, February 2010. 304 pages. Paperback, 8 x 6".