Abstract
ABSTRACTMigrations of people have influenced the history of humankind from early on. Today, we are experiencing an exodus of people from misery and war-torn regions in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East to the heart of Europe. Edward Said's Out of Place (1999) serves as a foil for the author's discussion of past and present forms of “out-of-life narratives,” which are triggered by and accompany routes of escape in search of refuge and rescue. The author's examples include Jack London's hobo existence in The Road (1907), Cherokee Jerry Ellis's reenactment of the Indian Removal in Walking the Trail (1991), and mobile phone communications, photo galleries, and documentaries on social media of present-day migrants on the Balkan route.
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