Borderlines: A Memoir by Edmund Keeley


Borderlines: A Memoir
Title : Borderlines: A Memoir
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ISBN : 1893996336
ISBN-10 : 9781893996335
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 340
Publication : First published February 1, 2004

Keeley has had a lifelong relationship with Greece, beginning with his childhood, when his father served in the diplomatic corp. Borderlines is his memoir of Greece, its life, culture, writers and people. It traces his childhood through the war years, when, unable to return due to the war, he became almost an exile in his home country. As an adult he returns a professor, the translator and friend of the major Greek poets, and marries a Greek woman. Borderlines documents a writer’s search for meaning in a life influenced by often conflicting cultural values. Edmund Keeley is a professor emeritus at Princeton University. His most recent books Some Wine for Remembrance , a novel, and Inventing The Greek Journey 1937–47 .

Borderlines: A Memoir Reviews

  • Alex

    A wonderful biographic writing about the childhood and early adult life of the child of an American diplomat. It goes through the experience of moving around the world, where your parent's job takes you and what impact the cultures you live in have on you. Edmund "Mike" Keeley spends several years as a child on an American farm in Salonika, Greece and falls in love with the country and the people. Even after returning to the States because of the war, his mind and soul remains abroad. I liked his style of describing his experiences and the people he encountered. The memoir ends a bit abrupt, but is nevertheless quite enjoyable.

  • Patty Apostolides

    Memoir by Edmund Keeley on his life as a diplomat's son, traveling to different countries, including Thessaloniki, Greece. Greece's mark on Keeley stayed with him the rest of his life. He married a Greek woman, translated Greek poetry that expanded Greek literature to the world, and most of his novels take place in Greece. A prolific writer, Keeley's works, fiction and nonfiction, deserve being read.