num_pages: 339
description: This richly colored 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 marvelous eccentrics who shaped his life--Uncle Vili, the strutting daredevil, soldier, salesman, and spy; the two grandmothers, the Princess and the Saint, who gossip in six languages; 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.
language: English
title: Out of Egypt: A Memoir
titlecomplete: Out of Egypt: A Memoir
genres: Historical, History, Travel, Jewish, Biography Memoir, Egypt, Biography, Africa, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 2579
places: North Africa, Egypt, Alexandria
publisher: Picador