Hi Henry
Although I've only read two of his books ("Memoir of an Anti Semite" and
"The Snows of Yesteryear") I'm a great fan of his - he writes beautifully
and was honest enough to admit to the prevailing prejudices of the multi
cultural society that was once Cz. I was lucky enough to attend a lecture
of his in 1992 at the Drawing Center in NYC - he was indeed a cultured
person, having, like many of us lived complex lives that spanned different
countries, languages and cultures and that involved amending that sense of
self that is "I". I find the last chapter of "Memoir..." titled "Pravda" a
most astoundingly beautiful piece of writing & one I can quite totally
relate to.
In my stay in Czernowitz in 2013 I was very surprised that more people
didn't know about him & why his books weren't included among the literature
recommended to read.....I ordered a copy of "Mir auf der Spur" which I sent
as a present Mikola Kushnir at the Jewish Museum in gratitude for the help
offered me during my stay.
I'm shortly off to Temple Emanuel, here in Utica, NY to commemorate
Holocaust Remembrance Day.
peace & love to all
Sylvia de Swaan
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 7:39 PM, Henry Sinnreich <henry_at_sinnreich.net>
wrote:
> Dear Czernowitzers,
>
> This may not be news to many of you, but just in case, I would like to
> share with you the wonderful feeling of being home again after reading th=
e
> autobiography of the great Czernowitzer, Gregor von Rezzori "Mir auf der
> Spur" or the "Memoirs of an Antisemite=E2=80=9D in English or so many oth=
er of his
> books
>
> Rezzori=E2=80=99s books are on the same level and world class as "Die Wel=
t Von
> Gestern" by Stefan Zweig, except for Rezzori being a superb survivor and
> brilliant cynic. The best of old imperial Austrian (k.u.k) Czernowitz,
> Romania and later Germany and the post WWWII western world including
> America. And contrary to G=C3=BCnther Grass ("Die Blechtrommel" about Dan=
zig -
> another German speaking enclave with Jews), Rezzori bears no grudge again=
st
> Israel and the West.
>
> Many of his books are also available as ebooks on Kindle that is much
> easier to enjoy for aging eyes :-)
>
> Henry Sinnreich
> Richardson, Texas
> USA
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