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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Sarabande Books
Publication date
November 1, 2006
Pages
310
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781932511451
ISBN-10
1932511458
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.42 lbs.
Original list price
$24.95
Summaries and Reviews
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âWithout self-absorption, Tall traces the selfâs emergence in a place which she recognized from the start as her testing place.ââSeamus Heaney
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âIn the literature of place, Deborah Tallâs book stands out for its delicacy, range of learning, and refreshing frankness.ââPhillip Lopate
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In her third book of nonfiction, Deborah Tall explores the genealogy of the missing. Haunted by her orphaned fatherâs abandonment by his extended family, his secretive, walled-off trauma and absent history, she sets off in pursuit of the family he claims not to have. From the dutiful happiness of Levittown in the 1950s to a stricken former shtetl in Ukraine, we follow Tallâs journey through evasions and lies. Reflecting on family secrecy, postwar American culture, and the urge for roots, Tallâs search uncovers not just a missing family but an understanding of the part family and history play in identity. A Family of Strangers is Tallâs lifeâs work, told in such exacting, elegant language that the suppressed past vividly asserts its place in the present.
âWithout self-absorption, Tall traces the selfâs emergence in a place which she recognized from the start as her testing place.ââSeamus Heaney
Â
âIn the literature of place, Deborah Tallâs book stands out for its delicacy, range of learning, and refreshing frankness.ââPhillip Lopate
Â
In her third book of nonfiction, Deborah Tall explores the genealogy of the missing. Haunted by her orphaned fatherâs abandonment by his extended family, his secretive, walled-off trauma and absent history, she sets off in pursuit of the family he claims not to have. From the dutiful happiness of Levittown in the 1950s to a stricken former shtetl in Ukraine, we follow Tallâs journey through evasions and lies. Reflecting on family secrecy, postwar American culture, and the urge for roots, Tallâs search uncovers not just a missing family but an understanding of the part family and history play in identity. A Family of Strangers is Tallâs lifeâs work, told in such exacting, elegant language that the suppressed past vividly asserts its place in the present.
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9781932511451 | details & prices | 310 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.42 lbs | List price $24.95
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