By the author of "Memoirs of an Anti-Semite," "The Snows of Yesteryear" is an uncompromising account of Gregor von Rezzori's aristocratic childhood in Romania in the days before World War II. Possessed of the psychological subtlety and narrative magic of a great novel, this compelling memoir radiantly evokes a world that vanished in 1938, as it brings to life the key figures of Rezzori's youth: his outlandish nursemaid; his beautiful, tempestuous mother; his bright-natured, unabashedly anti-Semetic father; his elusive ...
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By the author of "Memoirs of an Anti-Semite," "The Snows of Yesteryear" is an uncompromising account of Gregor von Rezzori's aristocratic childhood in Romania in the days before World War II. Possessed of the psychological subtlety and narrative magic of a great novel, this compelling memoir radiantly evokes a world that vanished in 1938, as it brings to life the key figures of Rezzori's youth: his outlandish nursemaid; his beautiful, tempestuous mother; his bright-natured, unabashedly anti-Semetic father; his elusive sister; and his extraordinary governess, who gently weaned her young charge from the prejudices of his class.
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