This richly coloured memoir chronicles the exploits of a flamboyant Jewish family, from its bold arrival in cosmopolitan Alexandria to its defeated exodus three generations later. In elegant and witty prose, Andre Aciman introduces us to the marvellous eccentrics who shaped his life: the strutting daredevil, soldier, salesman, and spy; the two grandmothers, the Princess and the Saint, who gossip in six languages; and Aunt Flora, the German refugee who warns that Jews lose everything "at least twice in their lives." And through it all, we come to know a boy who, even as he longs for a wider world, does not want to be led, forever, out of Egypt.
發表於2024-11-13
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圖書標籤: André_Aciman 文學 曆史 美國文學 跨文化 小說 埃及 迴憶錄
我喜歡的男生也來自Alexandria。也許我再也不會見到他。但我很想拜訪他的傢鄉,雖然他從童年就已離開那裏。
評分Prose美
評分非常非常美,從一個孩子的角度對革命前的埃及作瞭很私人又很敏感的描述,這傢人太有趣啦
評分Aciman對細節及心理的文字描述太贊啦!還有超多不經意間讓人忍俊不禁的錶述!讀著讀著都感嘆,英文也好美!
評分今年最佳的閱讀體驗,很奇怪的是,感動之處不在於代入角色和情緒中,也沒有感受到對某個親人特殊的感情和愛,在感覺內容都在平鋪直敘的時候,有那麼一刹那,想起瞭幼年的自己,和當時各種糾結,復雜的感受。突然想起作者在一訪談裏提到,意思大概是我對亞曆山大的愛使我不能再迴到這個地方瞭。每個人心中都有一個這樣的地方吧。
Out of Egypt 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載