An interesting memoir. I really enjoy biographies and memoirs so this was a real treat. Would recommend.

I truly enjoy this author. His words are beautifully written. I cannot get enough of this story! What a gorgeous tale!

"Out of Egypt" by André Aciman was such an interesting story for me to read. I'm used to immigrant stories being told from the perspective of going to America, so it was a new take for me to read one about Acimans family living in Egypt in the last century. I also thought it was a nice for a memoir to focus on a shorter span of time, rather than an entire lifetime in one book. It has more of a focus on the cast of characters in his family than it does on him. 
   If you have read any of Aciman's other books, then you will be familiar with his style, and his writing voice. It's the same style in the memoir. The attention is in the details. 
   Speaking of voices, in a twist for me, @netgalley gave me an audiobook to listen to for this title, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini. He brings new life to the characters with his telling of this Jewish family and their escape from Egypt, taking you on a cultural journey from the 1940s through the 1950s. 
Definitely worth a listen if you like Acimans work (or if you are a Ballerini narration fan!)

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for access to the audiobook of Out of Egypt by Andre Aciman in exchange for an honest review.

In his signature lyrical prose, Aciman shares the story of his Jewish-Italian-Turkish multigenerational family and the most tumultuous time in their collective life.

I don't have a ton to say about this memoir. As always, the writing itself was the shining star, and I took it in as a beautiful fever dream. However, I can't tell you much of what happened throughout the book, as it didn't strongly grip my interest. This might be one of those books that is better suited for a history buff.

More than I bargained for, and not what I expected. The author relays the life of virtually every family member. This includes simple tasks and in-law relationships through three generations. They are Jewish and the book takes them through being forced out of Egypt.

I found the story too long. Each family member has unfavorable traits and are sneaky. I spent too much time wondering why the book was written.

The narrator was good.

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for accepting my request to read and review Out of Egypt.

An incredibly moving memoir that details the intricate relationships of a multi-generational Jewish family in Egypt. I learned so much about recent Egyptian history and was given deeper insight into the continuing global struggles of the Jewish people. The role that British colonialism played in the safety of Jewish communities was entirely new to me and extremely eye-opening. I highly recommend this book to those who appreciate memoirs and Jewish history and to those looking to better understand Jewish culture and experiences.
The audio performed by Edoardo Ballerini is easy to follow and expressive. He does a wonderful job of bringing the memoir to life by finding the right energy and voice to put with each character.

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audiobook ARC!

In Out of Egypt we meet some fantastic characters. And the best part is, Aciman is able to describe them in such a way that it almost seems to transport us back to the way things were when he was a child. Seeing interesting characters such as his uncle and grandmothers is even more fascinating through childlike eyes. Very well done, and I would definitely recommend.

Andre Aciman was born in 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt, and grew up there until his family was uprooted when he was 15 due to political and racial conflict in Egypt in 1960s.
This book was originally published in 1996. It is Aciman's recollection of his family in Egypt. Aciman is Jewish, and his family is multi-lingual and cultured. It is very interesting to get a glimpse of Egypt in 50s and 60s, from a viewpoint of a child growing up in a Jewish family displaced in Egypt. It somehow reminded me of Woody Allen's movie Radio Days, which also centers a young boy growing up in Jewish family (in his case in New York) amidst a unique cast of aunts and uncles.

Aciman's writing is descriptive and full of wit, and characters are very interesting. I previously read his novel Call Me by Your Name (I loved it) and its follow-up "Find Me" (not so much). I also love memoirs and non-fictions in general, so I had to take a listen of this book! Overall this book fell somewhere between the other two books of his I have read previously - It was well-written and interesting. Because there were many characters, it became a little confusing (maybe physical book might be a bit less so rather than audiobook) and no one character's story were fully expressed - by the time you get vested into his/her story, someone else's story has began, which made it less compelling for me. I would definitely read more books by him in future.

Overall I would give it a 3.5 stars rounded up to 4 stars. I would recommend this book to fellow memoir lovers, especially those who are fascinated by foreign lands.

An advanced copy of this audiobook was provided courtesy of NetGalley and Macmillan Audio. Opinions are my own. Thank you so much!

I just absolutely loved this title. I feel like André Aciman is so underrated. I know that he is beloved for his pop cultural phenomenon, Call Me By Your Name, but the more I dive into his older essay collections, the more I realize what a fantastic global force he is in the writing arena.

These memoir essays were poignant, well crafted, artfully researched and brilliantly thematically woven. I was truly enraptured by this text. The recording of this memoir as an audiobook by the fantastic Edoardo Ballerini made the reading experience all the more enjoyable. 10/10. Can't wait to record some video reviews for my socials to encourage my followers to pre-order this fantastic audiobook.

I was excited to read this book, not because I'm a huge Call Me by Your Name fan, but because I love biographies and autobiographies set in foreign countries. I liked the cultural commentary, but the personal commentary came off as mean, and not in a fun way. The author commenting on the smells of the local Arabic people, and his deaf mother and her deaf community in really horrible ways. He throws in the r-word. I know autobiography relies a lot on voice and some of these things may be attributed to that, but I didn't enjoy it as i wanted to.

Thanks to NetGalley for an audiobook ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I don’t read many memoirs, but when I saw this book and the author, I knew that I had to read it. I didn’t end up loving it as much as I hoped I would, but the book was still amazing. I loved the rich and vivid descriptions of Egypt, as well as the lyrical writing. However, I found the sudden jumps in time to be confusing, and the book itself felt unfinished at the end. I really liked the narration of the audiobook though.