Yersiz Yurtsuz

Out of Place, Out of Place is a sincere autobiography in which Edward Said, one of the most important thinkers of our time, conveys his memories of his childhood and early youth. In this narrative, it is possible to see the traces left on Said by some of the dilemmas he experienced in his childhood and his relationships with his authoritarian father and his mother, whom he both loved and resented. The identity confusion he experienced in the first years of his life, in his words "to the point of stupidity", having an English-sounding name and a surname that was unquestionably Arab, living in Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt as a Christian American citizen, and then living in America as an Arab, made Said's identity and identity complex. It is also possible to see how he shapes his views on belonging. Most importantly, these memories can be read as the story of Said making peace with the state of "homelessness" that developed as a result of "drifting from country to country, city to city, house to house, language to language, environment to environment" and finding his intellectual belonging that transcends sects and countries.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Prepared by: Özde Duygu Gürkan

First Printing Year: 2014

Size: 14x21

Number of Printings: 3rd Edition

Number of Pages: 392

Language Turkish