Out of Egypt
a memoir
by André 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 in their lives."
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Genealogy, Jews, Biography, New York Times reviewed, Alexandria (egypt), Egypt, biography, Jews, egypt, Jews, genealogyPeople
Aciman family, André AcimanPlaces
Egypt, Alexandria, Alexandria (Egypt)Times
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Out of Egypt: a memoir
1996, Riverhead Books
Paperback
in English
- lst Riverhead trade paperback ed.
1573225347 9781573225342
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""So, are we or aren't we, Siamo o non siamo," boasted by Great-uncle Vili when the two of us finally sat down late that summer afternoon in a garden overlooking his sprawling estate in Surrey."
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