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Essays on memory by the author of Our of Egypt"e;We remember not because we have something we wish to go back to, nor because memories are all we have. We remember because memory is our most intimate, most familiar gesture. Most people are convinced I love Alexandria. In truth, I love remembering Alexandria. For it is not Alexandria that is beautiful. Remembering is beautiful."e;Celebra...
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81,03 DKK
Forlag
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Udgivet
1 april 2011
Længde
288 sider
Genrer
1HBE
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780374707705
Essays on memory by the author of Our of Egypt"e;We remember not because we have something we wish to go back to, nor because memories are all we have. We remember because memory is our most intimate, most familiar gesture. Most people are convinced I love Alexandria. In truth, I love remembering Alexandria. For it is not Alexandria that is beautiful. Remembering is beautiful."e;Celebrated as one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, Andre Aciman has written a witty, surprising series of linked essays that ponder the experience of loss, moving from his forced departure from Alexandria as a teenager, through his brief stay in Europe, and finally to the home he's made (and half invented) on Manhattan's Upper West Side.