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MAN IN THE WHITE SHARKSKIN SUIT: A JEWISH FAMILY'S EXODUS FROM OLD CAIRO TO THE NEW WORLD (P. S. ) includes; INSIGHTS, INTERVIEWS & MORE...
by LAGNADO, LUCETTE
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- ISBN 10
- 006082218X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060822187
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NY: HARPER PERENNIAL.;.ECCO. Very Good. 2008. FIRST EDITION,1p THUS; 10987654321pt line. Paperback. 7.9 X 5.2 X 1.0 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT; BLACK TITLES ON NICE COVER WITH 5 B&W SNAPSHOT PHOTOS OF FAMILY LIFE IN EGYPT & ELSEWHERE..; 368 pages; vivid, heartbreaking, and powerful inversion of the American dream, Lucette Lagnado's unforgettable memoir is a sweeping story of family, faith, tradition, tragedy, and triumph set against the stunning backdrop of Cairo, Paris, and New York. .
Synopsis
In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years between World War II and Gamal Abdel Nasser's rise to power. Her father, Leon, was a boulevardier who conducted business on the elegant terrace of Shepheard's Hotel, and later, in the cozy, dark bar of the Nile Hilton, dressed in his signature white sharkskin suit. But with the fall of King Farouk and Nasser's nationalization of Egyptian industry, Leon and his family lose everything. As streets are renamed, neighborhoods of their fellow Jews disbanded, and the city purged of all foreign influence, the Lagnados, too, must make their escape. With all of their belongings packed into twenty-six suitcases, their jewels and gold coins hidden in sealed tins of marmalade, Leon and his family depart 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 juxta-posed 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.
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- Title
- MAN IN THE WHITE SHARKSKIN SUIT: A JEWISH FAMILY'S EXODUS FROM OLD CAIRO TO THE NEW WORLD (P. S. ) includes; INSIGHTS, INTERVIEWS & MORE...
- Author
- LAGNADO, LUCETTE
- Illustrator
- B&W FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION,1p THUS; 10987654321pt line
- ISBN 10
- 006082218X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060822187
- Publisher
- HARPER PERENNIAL.;.ECCO
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Egypt, Immigration, Biography, Jew Jewish, Family Life
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