[PDF] The Emigrants eBook

Author : W. G. Sebald
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 17,17 MB
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0811221296

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A masterwork of W. G. Sebald, now with a gorgeous new cover by the famed designer Peter Mendelsund The four long narratives in The Emigrants appear at first to be the straightforward biographies of four Germans in exile. Sebald reconstructs the lives of a painter, a doctor, an elementary-school teacher, and Great Uncle Ambrose. Following (literally) in their footsteps, the narrator retraces routes of exile which lead from Lithuania to London, from Munich to Manchester, from the South German provinces to Switzerland, France, New York, Constantinople, and Jerusalem. Along with memories, documents, and diaries of the Holocaust, he collects photographs—the enigmatic snapshots which stud The Emigrants and bring to mind family photo albums. Sebald combines precise documentary with fictional motifs, and as he puts the question to realism, the four stories merge into one unfathomable requiem.

Author : Kerby A. Miller
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 39,4 MB
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195051872

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Explains the reasons for the large Irish emigration, and examines the problems they faced adjusting to new lives in the United States.

Author : George Lamming
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 36,8 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780472064700

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A compelling and intricate novel of emigration and the effects of colonialism on a people

Author : Brian Buffini
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 39,45 MB
Release : 2017-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1501169270

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"Brian Buffini, an Irish immigrant who went from rags to riches, shares his strategies for anyone who wants to achieve the American dream. Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, Brian Buffini immigrated to San Diego, California at the age of nineteen with only ninety-two dollars in his pocket. Since then, he has become a classic American rags-to-riches story. After discovering real estate, he quickly became one of the nation's top real estate moguls and founder of the largest business training company, Buffini & Co., in North America. But Brian isn't alone in his success: immigrants compose thirteen percent of the American population and are responsible for a quarter of all new businesses. In fact, Forbes magazine boasts that immigrants dominate most of the Forbes 400 list. So what are the secrets? In The Emigrant Edge, Brian shares seven characteristics that he and other successful immigrants have in common that can help anyone reach a higher level of achievement, no matter their vocation. He then challenges readers to leave the comfort of their current work conditions to apply these secrets and achieve the success of their dreams"--

Author : Sławomir Mrożek
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 39,23 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780573640322

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This important play from one of Poland's most prominent playwrights has had successful stagings in San Francisco, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., and New York. It takes place on a New Year's Eve in an unnamed country in the home of two immigrants. One is a political exile, an intellectual who gets his money from a mysterious source. The other is a ditch digger who is saving money to bring over his family.

Author : David FitzGerald
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 26,33 MB
Release : 2008-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520942479

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What do governments do when much of their population simply gets up and walks away? In Mexico and other migrant-sending countries, mass emigration prompts governments to negotiate a new social contract with their citizens abroad. After decades of failed efforts to control outflow, the Mexican state now emphasizes voluntary ties, dual nationality, and rights over obligations. In this groundbreaking book, David Fitzgerald examines a region of Mexico whose citizens have been migrating to the United States for more than a century. He finds that emigrant citizenship does not signal the decline of the nation-state but does lead to a new form of citizenship, and that bureaucratic efforts to manage emigration and its effects are based on the membership model of the Catholic Church.

Author : Vilhelm Moberg
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 46,65 MB
Release : 2008-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0873517156

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The second book in Moberg's classic Emigrant Novels series.