Out of Egypt : : a Memoir
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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, Andre; 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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PUBLISHED
New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: 339 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0312426550
9780312426552
SUBJECTS
Aciman, André.
Aciman family.
Jews -- Alexandria -- Genealogy.
Alexandria (Egypt) -- Genealogy.