False Papers: Essays on Exile and Memory
Language: English | EPUB / MOBI | ISBN-10: 0374299781 | 2000 | 288 pages | 0.2 MB / 0.2 MB
Essays on memory by the author of Out of Egypt. We remember not because we have something we wish to go back to, nor because memories are all we have. We remember because memory is our most intimate, most familiar gesture. Most people are convinced I love Alexandria. In truth, I love remembering Alexandria. For it is not Alexandria that is beautiful. Remembering is beautiful.