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Embarking on her freshman year at Harvard in the early tech days of the 1990s, a young artist and daughter of Turkish immigrants begins a correspondence with an older mathematics student from Hungary while struggling with her changing sense of self, first love and a daunting career prospect.
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13 editions · 4 languages- Hardcover · English · 2019IdiotAST · 416 pages · 9785171124168
- Paperback · English · 2019Budalaİletişim Yayınları · 403 pages · 9789750527388
- Paperback · English · 1969New American Library · 9780735223875
- Paperback · EnglishVINTAGE · 9780099583172
- Other · English · 2018IdiotPenguin Publishing Group · 432 pages · 9780143111061
- Other · English · 2017Random House Large Print · 630 pages · 9781524756222
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