Letters of Transit: Reflections on Exile, Identity, Language, and Loss - Couverture rigide

 
9781565845046: Letters of Transit: Reflections on Exile, Identity, Language, and Loss
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ISBN 10 : 1565845048 ISBN 13 : 9781565845046
Editeur : The New Press, 2000

Synopsis

The five commissioned essays in this volume are all concerned with exile, home, and memory. Andre Aciman traces his migration from his home in Egypt to Italy and the United States and compares his own transience with the unrootedness of many moderns. Eva Hoffman examines the crucial role of language and what happens when your first is lost. Edward Said defends his conflicting political and cultural allegiances. Novelist Bharat Mukherjee explores her own struggle with assimilation. Finally, Charles Simic remembers the comedy of bureaucracy he experienced as a 16-year-old "displaced person" in Paris after the war, and his thwarted attempts at "fitting in" in America.

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Éditeur
The New Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1565845048
ISBN 13 
9781565845046
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
128
Éditeur
Aciman Andre
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9781565846074: Letters of Transit: Reflections on Exile, Identity, Language, and Loss

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ISBN 10 :  1565846079 ISBN 13 :  9781565846074
Editeur : The New Press, 1997
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