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A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile

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Publisher
Catapult
Date
Memoir
Non-Fiction
Travel
A blend of travelog and memoir spanning from Turkey to Mexico, exploring Aatish Taseer’s blended identity and asking: Why do certain cities become epicenters of great historical shifts and sites of unpredictable communities?

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Asian Review of Books
Taseer’s commentary on the world around him...becomes a fascinating glimpse into the consequences of staking one’s identity on nationality.
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Rave Publishers Weekly
Exquisite ... Sumptuously written and elegantly observed, this is a stunning and immersive vision of a fully interdependent world.
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Poetic, insightful.
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