It is a trying out of several identities, and trying to fashion something. When I know the answer to the question “Who am I?” there would be no point in writing.
As long as I cannot identify what it is that I’m about, I can write. That’s true! In many respects, it is exactly what you call it. Wow! Your description of why you write sounds almost like a spiritual quest. Who am I? What do I like? What do I want? What am I tied to? I have no idea. To be very honest, if I knew the answer to that question, I wouldn’t be writing. Is there anything that does capture something essential about you? But in essence, all these are names of identities that don’t capture anything essential about me. I can no longer retrieve it since I have become an American. And then I lived in Italy but eventually my Italian citizenship lapsed entirely. I became Italian when I was probably 10 or 11 years old, and I didn’t even know Italian at the time that we became Italian. Yes, it’s a bit funny, isn’t it? First of all, I was born in Egypt but I was never Egyptian. What resonates most with you? Author Andre Aciman (Courtesy JLF) While reading about you, I noticed that some people describe you as Egyptian American, others call you Italian American, and some introduce you as Jewish American.
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