Out of Place

I picked this book up today (8/3/09) after having left it in Egypt. With an extraordinary amount of free time on my hands at a desk job this summer, I finished it quickly.

Though I picked up in the middle of the page where I left off, Said's writing drew me back to his family's excursions in Lebanon, his life in Cairo, and his eventual relocation to the United States, where he battled a feeling of otherness. I found this to be a really fascinating memoir because I've read Edward Said's writings on politics, culture, imperialism, and Orientalism. But I found this personal account to be very compelling.