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Letters of Transit : Reflections on Exile, Identity, Language, and Loss by André Aciman; New York Public Library is a travel available to read on EtoBox.

What is Letters of Transit : Reflections on Exile, Identity, Language, and Loss about?

"Moving, deeply introspective and honest" ( Publishers Weekly ) reflections on exile and memory from five award-winning authors. All of the authors in Letters of Transit have written award-winning works on exile, home, and memory, using the written word as a tool for revisiting their old homes or fashioning new ones. Now in paperback are five newly commissioned essays offering moving distillations of their most important thinking on these themes. Andre Aciman traces his migrations and compares his own transience with the uprootedness of many moderns. Eva Hoffman examines the crucial role of language and what happens when your first one is lost. Edward Said defends his conflicting political and cultural allegiances. Novelist Bharati Mukherjee explores her own struggle with assimilation. Finally, Charles Simic remembers his thwarted attempts at "fitting in" in America.

Who reads Letters of Transit : Reflections on Exile, Identity, Language, and Loss?

Author

André Aciman; New York Public Library

Publisher

New Press, The

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9781565846074

Category

travel

Subjects

Political Science, Social Science, Fiction

Rating

3.85 / 5 (121 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14