Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere

By André Aciman

Book Overview

A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011 Celebrated as one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, Andre Aciman has written a luminous series of linked essays about time, place, identity, and art that show him at his very finest. From beautiful and moving pieces about the memory evoked by the scent of lavender; to meditations on cities like Barcelona, Rome, Paris, and New York; to his sheer ability to unearth life secrets from an ordinary street corner, Alibis reminds the reader that Aciman is a master of the personal essay.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374102759
• ISBN13: 9780374102753
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 208 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.9"