Out of Egypt A Memoir,9780312426552

Out of Egypt A Memoir

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780312426552
ISBN10: 0312426550
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-01-23
Publisher(s): Picador
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

André Aciman is the author of False Papers and Call Me by Your Name. He teaches comparative literature at the City University of New York Graduate Center and lives in Manhattan with his family.

Table of Contents

Soldier, Salesman, Swindler, Spyp. 3
Rue Memphisp. 43
A Centennial Ballp. 95
Taffi Al-Nur!p. 153
The Lotus-Eatersp. 217
The Last Sederp. 295
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