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Out of Egypt : a memoir by Aciman, André is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Out of Egypt : a memoir about?
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."
Who reads Out of Egypt : a memoir?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Aciman, André
- Publisher
- New York: Farrar Straus Giroux
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780312426552
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Social Science, Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.96 / 5 (547 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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