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Article: Reflections on Exile. (Books).
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- New Internationalist
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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by Edward W Said
(Granta, ISBN 1 86207 444 5)
This book gathers together 46 of Edward W Said's essays on politics and culture, written over the course of 35 years. Renowned both within and beyond the Palestinian diaspora, the experience of exile imbues everything that Said writes. He tackles grand themes such as nationalism, colonization and identity but also finds space for such diverse interests as Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan and the musical artistry of Glenn Gould. Whatever the subject, the author brings clarity of thought and intellectual rigour to its consideration. Although he can occasionally tend to the abstruse and academically rarefied (for ...