
“‘A photograph of Albert Einstein,’ she said decisively,” in the manner of college students everywhere who want to demonstrate their erudition and whimsy, and who also feel that Monet and Klimt are too clichéd for them.īewildered, Selin buys an Einstein poster, but she gets one that just shows him in front of a chalkboard instead of the one her roommate obviously meant, where Einstein is playfully sticking out his tongue. When her roommate instructs her to buy a poster, Selin asks what kind she wants. Selin is utterly baffled by the codes and linguistic nuances that college freshmen rely on to explain themselves.

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