Out of Egypt A Memoir

Name: Out of Egypt A Memoir
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ISBN: 9780312426552

ISBN-10: 0312426550

ISBN-13: 9780312426552

Edition: 2007

Authors: Andrï¿½ Aciman, Andrï¿½ Aciman

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Set in luxuriant cosmopolitan Alexandria, this richly colored memoir chronicles the exploits of a flamboyant Jewish family from its bold arrival in Egypt at the turn of the century to its defeated exodus three generations later. In elegant and witty prose, Andre Aciman introduces us to the Olympian figures who shaped his life: Uncle Vili, the strutting daredevil, by turns soldier, salesman, Italian Fascist, and British spy; the two grandmothers, the Princess and the Saint, who gossip in six languages; the father, a diffident capitalist who considers converting to Islam to maintain his Alexandrian dolce vita; Aunt Flora, the German refugee who warns that Jews lose everything "at least twice…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 1/23/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.56" wide x 8.18" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

A regular contributor to the New Yorker, The New York Review of Books and The New Republic, Andre Aciman was born in Alexandria: raised in Egypt, Italy, and France; and educated at Harvard. He teaches literature at Bard College and lives in Manhattan.




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