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More copies of this ISBN:Out of Place: A Memoirby Edward W Said
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:From one of the most important intellectuals of our time comes an extraordinary story of exile and a celebration of an irrecoverable past. A fatal medical diagnosis in 1991 convinced Edward Said that he should leave a record of where he was born and spent his childhood, and so with this memoir he rediscovers the lost Arab world of his early years in Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt. <BR>Said writes with great passion and wit about his family and his friends from his birthplace in Jerusalem, schools in Cairo, and summers in the mountains above Beirut, to boarding school and college in the United States, revealing an unimaginable world of rich, colorful characters and exotic eastern landscapes. Underscoring all is the confusion of identity the young Said experienced as he came to terms with the dissonance of being an American citizen, a Christian and a Palestinian, and, ultimately, an outsider. Richly detailed, moving, often profound, Out of Place depicts a young man's coming of age and the genesis of a great modern thinker. Review:"Absorbing. . . . An almost Proustian portrait." --The New York Times Review:"Said has turned the writing of a memoir itself into perhaps the most profound type of homecoming a perennial exile can know." --The Village Voice Literary Supplement Review:"Engrossing. . . . [Said has] an almost Proustian feel for smells, sounds, sights, and telling anecdotes." --The New York Review of Books Review:"If autobiography is above all a means of explaining one's self to oneself, then Out of Place . . . must be seen as a triumph." --The Boston Globe Synopsis:After a fatal medical diagnosis in 1991, Edward Said decided to leave a personal record of his life, one that re-creates the lost Arab world of his childhood in Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt. Photos. About the AuthorEdward Said is University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia Universtuy. He lives in New York City. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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