{"product_id":"the-idiot-1","title":"The Idiot","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ingenious, hilarious new novel from award-winning writer Elif Batuman - 'It’s a novel about being young and stupid that’s both wise and clever — and it’s a treat' Evening Standard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'I loved it and could have read a thousand more pages of it' Emma Cline, author of The Girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelin, a tall, highly strung Turkish-American from New Jersey turns up at Harvard with no idea what to expect. What she doesn't expect is:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- How much time she will spend thinking about language and its limitations\u003cbr\u003e- An opinionated cosmopolitan Serb named Svetlana, who will become her confidante\u003cbr\u003e- A mathematician from Hungary called Ivan, whom she will obsess over when she is supposed to be studying\u003cbr\u003e- Feeling dangerously overwhelmed by the challenges and possibilities of adulthood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut most of all, Selin does not expect to embark on a study of precisely how baffling love can be when you are trying to forge a self... \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elif Batuman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176912765097,"sku":"9780099583172","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9780099583172.jpg?v=1781231517","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-idiot-1","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}