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André Aciman on Displacement, Family and the Struggle to Find Home In the Eternal City

André Aciman on Displacement, Family and the Struggle to Find Home In the Eternal City

“What I felt was the persistent, undefinable numbness that eventually overtakes you and won’t let go.”

By André Aciman | October 22, 2024

André Aciman: On Yearning for the Not-Yet and What Could Have Been

André Aciman: On Yearning for the Not-Yet and What Could Have Been

"The irrealis mood disrupts all verbal tenses, moods, and aspects."

By André Aciman | January 21, 2021

André Aciman Follows Literary Ghosts in St. Petersburg

André Aciman Follows Literary Ghosts in St. Petersburg

On Getting Lost, Literary History, and Dostoyevsky

By André Aciman | July 9, 2020

André Aciman: Who Will We Be This Time Next Year?

André Aciman: Who Will We Be This Time Next Year?

On Pandemic Times and the Life to Come

By André Aciman | April 6, 2020

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