Out Of Place

A Memoir

By: Edward W. Said

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Paperback | 21 January 2000 | Edition Number 1

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320 Pages

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Edward W. Said, author of the ground-breaking Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism, was born in 1935 in a country which no longer exists - Palestine. His memoir of growing up between nations, cultures and two extraordinary parents is now available in paperback.

'An intensely moving act of reclamation and understanding . . . To read it is to come to know his family and his younger self as closely as we know characters in literature, and to be shown, intimately and unforgettably, what it has meant in the last half-century to be a Palestinian.' SALMAN RUSHDIE

'I know I shall not read a work to match this one this year, or for many years.' NADINE GORDIMER

'Vividly portrayed in this work is Edward Said's path to self-realization, making him one of this fin-de-siecle's most indispensable intellectuals.' KENZABURO OE

'A major work of art: the great literary statement at which his previous books had only hinted.' Independent

'A fascinating book written by a gifted, brave man.' Sunday Telegraph

'Fine and beautifully written . . . a Palestinian Proust.' Independent on Sunday

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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)

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