Out Of Place - A Memoir (Paperback, New edition)

Said's poignant memoir tells a story of displacement. Born in Jerusalem he spent much of his childhood in Cairo and Lebanon; a Christian Arab; a Palestinian with a US passport; a man with an English name 'yoked' to an Arabic surname; a man unsure of whether English or Arabic was his native tongue. Said records a lost or forgotten world, that of his early life, when his sense of being an outsider began with his first recalled thoughts; reflecting on fleeting past times against the background of the tumultuous years in the Middle East. It is an emotional account, full of vivid character portraits and events, begun following his diagnosis with leukemia, and covering mainly the period from his birth to 1962, when he received his doctorate. Readers familiar with Said's post-colonial writings, such as Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism, will understand to some extent his extraordinary thinking and academic achievements; this book will add an extra dimension to the man himself, bringing his background into focus in a manner hitherto unimagined. Highly recommended. (Kirkus UK)

Edward Said experienced both British and American imperialism as the old Arab order crumbled in the late 1940s and early 1950s. This account of his early life reveals how it influenced his books Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism. Edward Said was born in Jerusalem and brought up in Cairo, spending every summer in the Lebanese mountain village of Dhour el Shweir, until he was 'banished' to America in 1951. This work is a mixture of emotional archaeology and memory, exploring an essentially irrecoverable past. As ill health sets him thinking about endings, Edward Said returns to his beginnings in this personal memoir of his ferociously demanding 'Victorian' father and his adored, inspiring, yet ambivalent mother.

General

Imprint:	Granta Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2000
Authors:	Edward W. Said
Dimensions:	200 x 130 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	295
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-86207-370-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-86207-370-8
Barcode:	9781862073708

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