Set in New York City in the months preceding 9/11, Norman Manea's novel introduces us to the protagonist who, like the author himself, is a Romanian professor in exile and who struggles with loneliness, dislocation, and desire to hide. Yet his difficulties and dilemmas are uniquely his own, and his quest for inner peace is a literary journey of deep originality.
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Set in New York City in the months preceding 9/11, Norman Manea's novel introduces us to the protagonist who, like the author himself, is a Romanian professor in exile and who struggles with loneliness, dislocation, and desire to hide. Yet his difficulties and dilemmas are uniquely his own, and his quest for inner peace is a literary journey of deep originality.
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