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Georges Perec

Ellis Island Paperback – November 1, 1995

by Georges Perec (Author), Robert Bober (Author), Harry Matthews (Translator)

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The French novelist Georges Perec has continually captured the American imagination, most recently with the publication of A Void, a novel written without the letter “e.” Ellis Island holds us in thrall once again. With poetic grace, insistent questioning, and a stunning carousel of images, Perec and filmmaker Robert Bober open our eyes to the intriguing blend of permanence and transience that is Ellis Island.

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156 pages
Language

English
Publisher

The New Press
Publication date

November 1, 1995
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8.25 x 0.25 x 9.5 inches
ISBN-10

1565843185
ISBN-13

978-1565843189
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Part history, part memoir, part meditation, this extended essay with photos is a strikingly original and striking book. -- Kliatt

The gripping archival photographs tell the story simply and graphically. -- Parade

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The French novelist Georges Perec, whose Life: A User's Manual has been called a landmark of contemporary literature, has continually captured the American imagination, most recently with the publication of A Void, a novel written without the letter e. Ellis Island holds us in thrall once again. With poetic grace, insistent questioning, and a stunning carousel of images, Perec and filmmaker Robert Bober open our eyes to the intriguing blend of permanence and transience that is Ellis Island. In lyrical prose, they explore their personal relationships to the themes of diaspora and identity, then interview men and women who, as children, arrived at Ellis Island full of hope and dreams about their new lives in America. Ellis Island offers a whole new presentation of the immigrant experience.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ The New Press; F First Edition (November 1, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 156 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1565843185
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1565843189
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.25 x 9.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,908,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,700 in U.S. Immigrant History
- #4,524 in Emigration & Immigration Studies (Books)
- #26,411 in Political Science (Books)

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Monique Adam

Ellis Island

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2017

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Very good history. Pictures alone tell the story

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Parisian

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Awesome Book

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courtney J angermeier

avoid?

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2000

At four pages, eleven paragraphs (not incuding the introductory quote), thirty five sentences, and (sorry Georges) more words than I really wanted to count despite how cool it would have looked here, Ellis Island is a tome. It made me more intensely examine my own identity than all three hundred pages of What Color is Your Parachute even came close to doing. (Actually, I only read about four pages of that one too, but I could tell where it was going.) Ellis Island, however, was a complete surprise. The bit about what it means to be a Jew and the fact that that aspect of his identity is more concretely definied by its abscence than its presence, is profound. I mean, other people have said it, certainly, but this is, without a doubt, the clearest presentation I have encountered. I think it's particularly telling that he should set these musings in America, at Ellis Island. We, as Americans, particularly as white Americans, have a watered down and dissapated culture defined not by who we are, what we love, how we live etc., but what, ultimately, we are not. This small work was a four-page invitation to examine my relation to my roots, my country, and my culture. Ugh. I loved it.

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