Jack Barsky
Well, one could imagine a rewrite of my memoir as a mystery fiction novel. There have been so many events and instances in my life for which I cannot find a rational explanation. Chance? Coincidence? Given where I came from and what is considered normal of my contemporaries in old East Germany, the probability of me sitting here and answering this question is about one in 20 billion (I calculated that). Perhaps I should start a contest for people to discover all the instances in my life which would strike people as "odd" and which I now chose to explain to be the result of the hand of God.
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Dear Mr. Barsky, Fascinating book! I spent a year in Jena as an undergrad and your stories of Rosenkeller/student life bring back memories. My question is about your American ttutor in Moscow. I am fascinated about foreigners, especially Americans, who moved to the USSR and how they tried to adapt to this radically different reality. What was her back story? Was she a willing employee or forced? What was her fate?
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