| False Papers: Essays on Exile and Memory Contributor(s): Aciman, André (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312420056 ISBN-13: 9780312420055 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: In these 14 essays, the author, one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, dissects the experience of loss, moving from his forced departure from Alexandria, Egypt as a teenager through his brief stay in Europe, and finally to the home he's made on Manhattan's Upper West Side. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Middle East - Egypt |
| Dewey: 916.21 |
| LCCN: 00027766 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.55 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - East Africa - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - North Africa - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the highly acclaimed author of Out of Egypt and Call Me by Your Name, a series of linked essays on memory by the poet of disappointed love--and of the city (New York Times Book Review). In these fourteen essays Andre Aciman, one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, dissects the experience of loss, moving from his forced departure from Alexandria as a teenager, though his brief stay in Europe and finally to the home he's made (and half invented) on Manhattan's Upper West Side. From False Papers: We remember not because we have something we wish to go back to, nor because memories are all we have. We remember because memory is our most intimate, most familiar gesture. Most people are convinced I love Alexandria. In truth, I love remembering Alexandria. For it is not Alexandria that is beautiful. Remembering is beautiful. |
Contributor Bio(s): Aciman, Andre: - André Aciman is the New York Times bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name, Out of Egypt, Eight White Nights, False Papers, Alibis, and Harvard Square, and most recently Enigma Variations, now out in paperback. He's the editor of The Proust Project and teaches comparative literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He lives with his wife in Manhattan. |