The Snows of Yesteryear: Portraits for an Autobiography

by Gregorvon Rezzori (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1990

  $7.71

  Gregor von Rezzori's account of his childhood, recreating the world of Central Europe that vanished in 1938. It sheds a light on influences that have contributed to recent national turmoil. The book centres on the Bukovina - at one time an Austro-Hungarian province, then a part of Romania, and later absorbed into the Ukraine - and, in a series of portraits, describes the family and household that shaped his childhood. The author also wrote Memoirs of an Anti-Semite and The Death of My Brother Abel .

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $3.25

  Focusing on a world that vanished in 1938, this is a detailed memoir of Central European life which offers insights into influences that have contributed to recent national turmoil. It centres on the Bukovina - at one time an Austro-Hungarian province, then a part of Romania, and later absorbed into the Ukraine - and describes the family and household that shaped the author's childhood. Gregor von Rezzori's other books include Memoirs of an Anti-Semite and The Death of My Brother Abel .