The Fifth Impossibility: Essays on Exile and Language

by Norman Manea

A passionate exploration of language, censorship, and exile by the celebrated Romanian writer Norman Manea

"Manea demonstrates that he is an indispensable analyst of what it means to be a Romanian, and a Romanian Jew, and a writer, under fascism and communism."--David Mikics, New Republic

Deported to a concentration camp from 1941 until the end of World War II, Norman Manea again left his native Romania in 1986...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300179952
• ISBN13: 9780300179958
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.6"