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“Beautifully remembered and even more beautifully written.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
“A standout memoir from a master of emotional nuance.” ―Oprah Daily
“This novel is hot...a love letter, an invocation, and something of an epitaph....An exceptionally beautiful book.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A sensual delight . . . An aching sense of vulnerability and fearlessness drives this book.” ―Observer
"Aciman writes with the ferocity of a writer who's finally getting his vision down. . . He's made a magnificent, living thing." ―The New York Times Book Review
“With beguiling simplicity, Aciman recalls the life of Alexandria as [his family] knew it, and the seductiveness of that beautiful, polyglot city permeates his book.” —The New Yorker
“Both an affecting coming-of-age story and a timely, distinctive description of the haunted lives of refugees.” ―The New York Times