“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 INC International Concepts
ISBN-13
9780060822187
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87309816
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: a Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
Publication Year
2008
Subject
History
Type
Textbook
Author
Lucette Lagnado
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
203 mm
Item Weight
272 g
Item Width
135 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Title_Author
Lucette Lagnado
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