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[A] mesmerizing portrait of a now vanished world.' NEW YORK TIMES
''A dazzling evocation of a time and a place.'' TELEGRAPH
''Aciman. . . recalls with a magical sensibility streaked with antic humoUr.'' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Aciman's story of Alexandria is the story of his own family, a Jewish family with Italian and Turkish roots that tied its future to Egypt and made its home there for three generations, only to find itself peremptorily expelled by the government in the early 1960s. It is the story of a fractious clan of dreamers and con men and the emotional price they would pay for exile, the story of a young boy''s coming of age and his memories of the city he loved in his youth.

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Out of Egypt a memoir

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    A Paperback / softback by André Aciman

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 21 February 2019
      ISBN-13 9780571349715
      978-0571349715
      ISBN-10 0571349714
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      Biography Memoirs

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

      [A] mesmerizing portrait of a now vanished world.' NEW YORK TIMES
      ''A dazzling evocation of a time and a place.'' TELEGRAPH
      ''Aciman. . . recalls with a magical sensibility streaked with antic humoUr.'' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

      Aciman's story of Alexandria is the story of his own family, a Jewish family with Italian and Turkish roots that tied its future to Egypt and made its home there for three generations, only to find itself peremptorily expelled by the government in the early 1960s. It is the story of a fractious clan of dreamers and con men and the emotional price they would pay for exile, the story of a young boy''s coming of age and his memories of the city he loved in his youth.

      MY ROMAN YEAR - THE NEW MEMOIR FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR - IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW

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