Against the Current: Simple Chapters From a Complex Life (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Edward A. Steiner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0483019666 ISBN 13: 9780483019669

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A concise memoir that traces a life lived among many languages, faiths, and ways of thinking.

It examines how environment shapes race, identity, and belonging, while asking what it means to be a neighbor in a diverse world.

This book blends personal memory with reflections on race, religion, and the immigrant experience. It invites readers to understand how culture, family history, and hardship shape choices, beliefs, and how we treat others.

• Discover how the author’s early life across different lands influenced his sense of self.
• Explore themes of race, prejudice, faith, and the search for shared humanity.
• Consider the idea that character and virtue can cross racial and cultural lines.
• Read about moments of courage, compassion, and challenges that illuminate a life in motion.

Ideal for readers of memoirs that probe identity, faith, and the human family across cultures.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0483019666
• ISBN 13: 9780483019669
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236