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My Roman Year
- Author
- André Aciman
- Narrator
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Publish Date
- 10 September 2024
- Run Time
- 10 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Rome, 1964. As 13 year old André stands at the foot of the gangway to the ship, his mother fusses over their luggage - 32 suitcases, trunks and tea chests that contain their world. The ship will refuel and return to Alexandria, the home where they have left their father, as the Aciman family begin a new adventure. André is now head of the family, with a little brother to keep in line and a mother to translate for - for although she's mute, she is nothing if not communicative.
Equal parts transporting and beautiful, this coming of age memoir shares the luminous, fragile truth of life for a family forever in exile, living in Rome, but still yet to find a home.
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Details
- Author
- André Aciman
- Narrator
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Duration
- 10 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 September 2024
- ISBN
- 9780571392445
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Genre
- Memoirs, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration
Synopsis
Rome, 1964. As 13 year old André stands at the foot of the gangway to the ship, his mother fusses over their luggage - 32 suitcases, trunks and tea chests that contain their world. The ship will refuel and return to Alexandria, the home where they have left their father, as the Aciman family begin a new adventure. André is now head of the family, with a little brother to keep in line and a mother to translate for - for although she's mute, she is nothing if not communicative. Equal parts transporting and beautiful, this coming of age memoir shares the luminous, fragile truth of life for a family forever in exile, living in Rome, but still yet to find a home.
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