“When I was a child I did engage in an arduous struggle to pass: learning English, getting rid of my accent, becoming conversant with the culture in all its large and small aspects.” ChildrenCultureStruggleBecomingAspectAccentsLearning English Author:Luc Sante
“I realised that although I was fascinated with America, its history and culture, I was not interested in becoming American.” AmericaCultureBecomingFascinatedNot InterestedRealisedHistory And Culture Author:Luc Sante
“Self-reinvention is an essential trope of the American project, closely linked to another such trope: going on the lam. Both are regularly featured in movies and novels and suchlike. Criminals and persons loitering with and without intent hold a crucial place in the culture. For obvious reasons, the culture cannot endorse this behavior, even as it is in thrall to it.” PersonsSelfReasonCultureNovelEssentialsBehaviorProjectsObviousCriminalsCrucialLinkedReinventionTropes Author:Luc Sante
