Selin is the luckiest person in her family: the only one who was born in America and got to go to Harvard.
Hilarious, revelatory, and unforgettable, its gripping narrative will confront you with searching questions that persist long after the last page..
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Unfolding with the propulsive logic and intensity of youth, Either/Or is a landmark novel by one of our most brilliant writers.
Why did Selin’s elusive crush, Ivan, find her that job in the Hungarian countryside? What was up with all those other people in the Hungarian countryside? Why is Ivan’s weird ex-girlfriend now trying to get in touch with Selin?Guided by her literature syllabus and by her more worldly and confident peers, Selin reaches certain conclusions about the universal importance of parties, alcohol, and sex, and resolves to execute them in practice—no matter what the cost.
The first order of business: to figure out the meaning of everything that happened over the summer.
Now it’s sophomore year, 1996, and Selin knows she has to make it count.
Selin is the luckiest person in her family: the only one who was born in America and got to go to Harvard
