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An edition of Out of Egypt (1994)

Out of Egypt

a memoir

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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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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Language
English
Pages
339

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Subjects
Genealogy, Jews, Biography, New York Times reviewed, Alexandria (egypt), Egypt, biography, Jews, egypt, Jews, genealogy
People
Aciman family, André Aciman
Places
Egypt, Alexandria, Alexandria (Egypt)
Times
20th century

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Out of Egypt: a memoir
1996, Riverhead Books
Paperback in English - lst Riverhead trade paperback ed.
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Out of Egypt: a memoir
1994, Farrar Straus Giroux
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Dewey Decimal Class
962/.1
Library of Congress
DS135.E42 A433 1994, DS135.E43A433 1994

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Pagination
339 p. ;
Number of pages
339

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OL1123435M
Internet Archive
outofegyptmemoi000acim
ISBN 10
0374228337
LCCN
94061187
OCLC/WorldCat
31794488
Library Thing
27910
Goodreads
1259167

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