The Possessed Mind & Spirit Boon's allegory of the rise

Boon's allegory of the rise and fall of socialism in Flanders presents his theory of the novel as a type of "illegal writing" where digressions are far more important than a carefully constructed plot

Hailed by Deborah Eisenberg as an "extraordinary writer

It is a tale that will take us to the end of the world

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but none has yet emerged as an obvious winner

The Possessed Mind & Spirit Boon's allegory of the riseTitle: The Possessed Author: Elif Batuman ISBN: 9780374532185 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Published: 2010 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: First Edition Number of Pages: 304 Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year From the author of Either Or and The Idiot, Elif Batuman's The Possessed presents the true but unlikely stories of lives devoted Absurdly!