Out of Place: A MemoirExperiencing both British and American imperialism as the old Arab order crumbled in the late forties and early fifties, this memoir of Edward Said's early life reveals the influences that have informed his groundbreaking books, Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism. ..Edward Said was born in Jerusalem, brought up in Cairo, spending every summer for over forty years in the Lebanese mountain village of Dhour el Shweir, until he was 'banished' to America in 1951. Not Quite Right is a powerful act 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 intensely personal memoir of his ferociously demanding 'Victorian' father, and his adored, inspiring, yet ambivalent mother. Quotes; '[A] powerful introspective memoir.' Financial Times ..'I know I shall not read a work to match this one this year, or for many years.' Nadine Gordimer ..'A fascinating book written by a gifted, brave man,' Sunday Telegraph ..'Fine and beautifully written.Said is capable of writing like a gifted novelist.' Independent on Sunday |