Apex Magazine Issue 35 by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Apex Publications
Published: 2012-04-02T13:40:42+00:00

Most expatriates express mixed feelings regarding their origin. Many of them harbour a secret fear of losing touch with the collective memory. While they seem content with their new lives, repatriation is a common subject of conversation. For the expatriate, to return raises a complex response.

One of the subjects of this study worded it this way: “Return is something I fantasise about and desire. But at the same time, it is something I am afraid of.”

Choosing to build a new life in an unfamiliar land represents a leaving behind of the collective, and while there may still be remnants of a shared life, the expatriate faces uncertainty. What if he or she has lost the ability to pick up the threads of their old life?

—On Expatriate Behaviour, Mackay and Lindon—

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