Harvard Square by Aciman Andre
A powerful tale of love, friendship, and becoming American in late 70s Cambridge from the best-selling novelist.
"Slyly comic…Touching and beautifully written" -- Charles McGrath - New York Times
"[Aciman's] best so far…. An existentialist adventure worthy of Kerouac." -- Clancy Martin - New York Times Book Review
"So candid, so penetrating and so beautifully written that it can make you feel cut open, emotionally exposed." -- Sam Sacks - Wall Street Journal
"A plaintive love letter to displaced, wandering people, to anyone who longs for home and reaches unwisely for the hand of a fellow wanderer." -- Ron Charles - Washington Post
"Aciman tackles Big Ideas by observing the smallest, most intimate gestures of two people and letting them talk—and his characters talk beautifully." -- Stephan Lee - Entertainment Weekly
"Beautifully done [and] deeply satisfying." -- Jillian Keenan - Los Angeles Review of Books
"Entertaining and moving…. Aciman writes a vigorous, muscular prose that is as seductive as his characters." -- Julia Klein - Chicago Tribune
"Harvard Square is a darker account of exile itself and the uncertainties of accommodation to a new world while memories of the old tug painfully…. Kalaj [is] warm, impetuous, and whole-hearted…. Aciman succeeds in making him unforgettable." -- Richard Eder - Boston Globe
"An illuminating character study and poignant meditation on the twin trials of how to fit in and how to be loved." -- Malcom Forbes - San Francisco Chronicle
"A paced, enjoyable read…. The book is hard to put down." -- G. Clay Whittaker - The Daily Beast
"Powerful… As in so many classic novels before it, Harvard Square emphasizes both the friendliness and the callousness of America and Americans, the way the country’s great privilege serves as both magnet and goad…. Intense and thoughtful." -- Adam Kirsch - Tablet
"Wonderful, riveting.… Beautifully written…. It captures the tenderness and evanescence of youth and ambition." -- Farisa Khalid - PopMatters
"Harvard Square sings as a portrait of a fleeting friendship, revealing how platonic closeness can have a romantic tinge as well." -- Mark Athitakis - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Brilliant…A novel of education and isolation, sad and funny and sure to provoke nostalgia for anyone’s college years." -- Jessica Freeman-Slade - The Millions
"Andre Aciman has captured the inner life of exile, what it’s like to stand in one place and be reminded of another, to long for that other place, even knowing it no longer exits." -- Sandee Brawarsky - The Jewish Week
"[Aciman's] best so far…. An existentialist adventure worthy of Kerouac." -- Clancy Martin - New York Times Book Review
"So candid, so penetrating and so beautifully written that it can make you feel cut open, emotionally exposed." -- Sam Sacks - Wall Street Journal
"A plaintive love letter to displaced, wandering people, to anyone who longs for home and reaches unwisely for the hand of a fellow wanderer." -- Ron Charles - Washington Post
"Aciman tackles Big Ideas by observing the smallest, most intimate gestures of two people and letting them talk—and his characters talk beautifully." -- Stephan Lee - Entertainment Weekly
"Beautifully done [and] deeply satisfying." -- Jillian Keenan - Los Angeles Review of Books
"Entertaining and moving…. Aciman writes a vigorous, muscular prose that is as seductive as his characters." -- Julia Klein - Chicago Tribune
"Harvard Square is a darker account of exile itself and the uncertainties of accommodation to a new world while memories of the old tug painfully…. Kalaj [is] warm, impetuous, and whole-hearted…. Aciman succeeds in making him unforgettable." -- Richard Eder - Boston Globe
"An illuminating character study and poignant meditation on the twin trials of how to fit in and how to be loved." -- Malcom Forbes - San Francisco Chronicle
"A paced, enjoyable read…. The book is hard to put down." -- G. Clay Whittaker - The Daily Beast
"Powerful… As in so many classic novels before it, Harvard Square emphasizes both the friendliness and the callousness of America and Americans, the way the country’s great privilege serves as both magnet and goad…. Intense and thoughtful." -- Adam Kirsch - Tablet
"Wonderful, riveting.… Beautifully written…. It captures the tenderness and evanescence of youth and ambition." -- Farisa Khalid - PopMatters
"Harvard Square sings as a portrait of a fleeting friendship, revealing how platonic closeness can have a romantic tinge as well." -- Mark Athitakis - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Brilliant…A novel of education and isolation, sad and funny and sure to provoke nostalgia for anyone’s college years." -- Jessica Freeman-Slade - The Millions
"Andre Aciman has captured the inner life of exile, what it’s like to stand in one place and be reminded of another, to long for that other place, even knowing it no longer exits." -- Sandee Brawarsky - The Jewish Week
André Aciman is the author of several novels including Call Me by Your Name, Find Me, and Harvard Square, the memoir Out of Egypt, and two books of essays. He is also the editor of The Proust Project. He teaches comparative literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he directs the Writers’ Institute. Aciman lives with his wife and family in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393088601 |
| ISBN 10 | 039308860X |
| Title | Harvard Square |
| Author | Aciman Andre |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2013-04-23 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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