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Susan Gerstein

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Hungary

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Memoir

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Marcel Proust "Swann's Way"
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Born in Hungary just before the outbreak of the Second World War, Susan Gerstein grew up witnessing the German occupation of the country and the subsequent Communist era. Her memoir, "Lily's Daughter", is about this period in her life.

Since 1957 she had lived and worked as an artist in New York. She is married and has a daughter. ...more

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Lily's Daughter: A Memoir

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"Vanity Fair" in the age of Trump

An entire year had gone by without my writing a single post, and even now I surprise myself for having a slight urge to put down some thoughts of books, of the circumstances under which they were read.

It had been a dreadful year in public life. As I indicated at the end of 2016, the political earthquake caused by the surreal election of an ignorant, vulgar, egotistic and mendacious businessman as Read more of this blog post »

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