by André Aciman · LIBROS DEL ASTEROIDE S.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788417977757
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«Lejos de Egipto» is the autobiography of André Aciman, published by Libros del Asteroide in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
The author evokes his childhood in cosmopolitan Alexandria and the life of his eccentric Sephardic Jewish family of Turkish and Italian roots, from the arrival of his elders to the expulsion of the sixties. Among comic and melancholic portraits appear Uncle Vili, ex-soldier and spy, the polyglot grandmothers and the deaf mother, Gigi.
Translation by Celia Filipetto. Original title: Out of Egypt. Number 259 of the Libros del Asteroide collection.
For readers of memoirs and autobiographical literature, and for those interested in the history of Jewish communities in Egypt.
André Aciman is an Italian-American writer. Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, he is currently a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he teaches the history of literary theory and the works of Marcel Proust. Aciman previously taught creative writing at New York University and French literature at Princeton University and Bard College.
