Exiles

by Michael J. Arlen

Book Overview

Back in print, "a wry and moving . . . rare and minute accounting of growing up." (Time)

Exiles is the story of two glamorous people--one, a beautiful aristocrat; the other, a self-made man, one of the most famous authors of the 1920s. In this slender volume, which was nominated for the 1970 National Book Award and helped reestablish the memoir as a genre, Michael J. Arlen evokes--with humor and honesty--his parents' seemingly charmed life in Hollywood and New York, his own childhood spent between homes and boarding schools, and the decline of a family full of love, joy, and pride in one another: in other words, a family as ordinary as it is unusual.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374532605
• ISBN13: 9780374532604
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Exiles

This book is about two unusual people (a beautiful woman and a man who was a successful and celebrated writer in the 1920's) -- the author's parents, in fact, and his life with them, and without them.

Who knew?

An enthralling look into the life of one of the most famous authors of the period, and one who captured his world with startling accuracy and acute awareness, while living a life of his own that was created completely by him and his wife. I was riveted - you will be, too, I am sure.