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Out of Egypt: A Memoir

By André Aciman

Book information

Publisher
Picador
Year
2007
ISBN
0312426550, 9780312426552
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
281 kB (288090 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
352\0
Time added
2014-06-04 03:54:40

Description

This richly colored memoir chronicles the exploits of a flamboyant Jewish family, from its bold arrival in cosmopolitan Alexandria to its defeated exodus three generations later. In elegant and witty prose, André Aciman introduces us to the marvelous eccentrics who shaped his life--Uncle Vili, the strutting daredevil, soldier, salesman, and spy; the two grandmothers, the Princess and the Saint, who gossip in six languages; Aunt Flora, the German refugee who warns that Jews lose everything "at least twice in their lives." And through it all, we come to know a boy who, even as he longs for a wider world, does not want to be led, forever, out of Egypt.

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