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Out of Place: A Memoir

by Edward W Said

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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.

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.

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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.

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About the Author

Edward Said is University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia Universtuy. He lives in New York City.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780679730675

Author:

Said, Edward W.

Publisher:

Vintage Books

Author:

Said, Edward W.

Location:

New York

Subject:

Biography

Subject:

Social Scientists & Psychologists

Subject:

Intellectuals

Subject:

Palestinian Americans

Subject:

Scientists & Psychologists

Subject:

Biography-Social Scientists and Psychologists

Copyright:

1999

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Vintage

Series Volume:

1588

Publication Date:

20000931

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

16 PAGE PHOTO SECTION

Pages:

336

Dimensions:

8.08x5.28x.68 in. .69 lbs.

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"Synopsis" by Ingram, 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.