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Lucette Lagnado The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Publication Name
- The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
- Title
- The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
- Book Title
- Man in the White Sharkskin Suit : a Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
- Subtitle
- A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 006082218X
- EAN
- 9780060822187
- ISBN
- 9780060822187
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Middle East / Egypt (See Also Ancient / Egypt), General, Jewish
- Release Date
- 12/11/2008
- Release Year
- 2008
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 8in
- Item Width
- 5.3in
- Item Weight
- 11.6 Oz
- Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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"Poignant . . . deeply personal . . . an indelible history of the largely forgotten Jews of Egypt . . . " --Miami Herald In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years before Gamal Abdel Nasser's rise to power. With Nasser's nationalization of Egyptian industry, her father, Leon, a boulevardier who conducted business in his white sharkskin suit, loses everything, and departs with the family for any land that will take them. The poverty and hardships they encounter in their flight from Cairo to Paris to New York are strikingly juxtaposed against the beauty and comforts of the lives they left behind. An inversion of the American dream set against the stunning portraits of three world cities, Lucette Lagnado's memoir offers a grand and sweeping story of faith, tradition, tragedy, and triumph.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
006082218x
ISBN-13
9780060822187
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038203681
Product Key Features
Book Title
Man in the White Sharkskin Suit : a Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Middle East / Egypt (See Also Ancient / Egypt), General, Jewish
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
11.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ds135.E43
Reviews
Nostalgic but objectively tempered portrait of a family at the heart of social and cultural upheaval., "Lagnado's richly textured memoir is a loving tribute to a lost man and a lost culture." (Reform Judaism), Captivating.illuminates its places and times, providing indelible individual portraits...An exceptional memoir., Beautifully written.... A great personalized telling of Egypt's complicated history in the last half of the 20th century., Full of Emotion and Longing, Yet Never Sentimental, this Lyrical Memoir Evokes a Cosmopolitan Cairo., This memoir of an Egyptian Jewish family's gradual ruin is told without melodrama by its youngest survivor., Captivating…illuminates its places and times, providing indelible individual portraits...An exceptional memoir., A subtle and eloquent description of fatherly love and a mesmerizing portrait of a man shattered by the immigration experience., "Beautifully written.... A great personalized telling of Egypt's complicated history in the last half of the 20th century." -- Fareed Zakaria "Like André Aciman...she conjures a vanished world with elegiac ardor and uncommon grace." -- Michiko Kakutani, New York Times "[A] crushing, brilliant book...one final kiss from the Lagnados to their beloved city." -- New York Times Book Review "This memoir of an Egyptian Jewish family's gradual ruin is told without melodrama by its youngest survivor." -- The New Yorker "The resilient dignity of Lucette's family transcends the fiercest of obstacles." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Lagnado gets to the heart of the modern exodus in a way only those who lived it can." -- Miami Sun Post "Captivating...illuminates its places and times, providing indelible individual portraits...An exceptional memoir." -- Booklist (starred review) "Excellent new memoir... One could praise Ms. Lagnado's book for many things." -- New York Sun "Full of emotion and longing, yet never sentimental, this lyrical memoir evokes a cosmopolitan Cairo." -- Jewish Woman "Lagnado spares nothing in the retelling...in this tender and captivating memoir." -- The Oregonian (Portland) "It succeeds especially as a... heartfelt elegy to the long-lost Cairo community of her youth." -- Library Journal "Nostalgic but objectively tempered portrait of a family at the heart of social and cultural upheaval." -- Kirkus Reviews "Beautifully written . . . rich with history and insight. Wonderful." -- Oscar Hijuelos, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE "A stunning achievement." -- Andre Aciman, author of OUT OF EGYPT and CALL ME BY YOUR NAME "A subtle and eloquent description of fatherly love and a mesmerizing portrait of a man shattered by the immigration experience." -- Marianne Pearl, author of A MIGHTY HEART "Lagnado's richly textured memoir is a loving tribute to a lost man and a lost culture." -- Reform Judaism
Copyright Date
2009
Dewey Decimal
305.892/407471092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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