Poland’s Daughter: How I Met Basia, Hitchhiked to Italy and Learned About Love, War and Exile
A many layered story about the sentimental education of an American student in post-war Europe told with wit, sensitivity and elegance.
A many layered story about the sentimental education of an American student in post-war Europe told with wit, sensitivity and elegance.
The photo was unmistakably me, in Nehru shirt and bell bottoms, a cigarette dangling rakishly in my right hand… on the front page of Czechoslovakia’s Socialist Union of Youth newspaper.
A pilgrimage is a journey to a shrine, holy place or any place of historical interest. Monte Cassino turns out to be all three.