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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.
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The snows of yesteryear, Gregor von Rezzori
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- Released
- 1990
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Gregor von Rezzori
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Released
- 1990
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 0701136669
- ISBN13
- 9780701136666
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, German Literature, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Ukraine, Romania
- Original title
- Blumen im Schnee
- Rating
- 4.4 out of 5
- Description
- 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.