My Two Polish Grandfathers

Author:	Rybczynski, Witold
Binding:	Hardcover
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ISBN:	9780743235983
Publisher:	Scribner Book Company
Language:	English
Page Count:	228
Publication Date:	2/3/2009
Size:	8.00" l x 5.00" w x 0.90"
Series:	N/A

Category	Subject
Reference	Writing Skills
Biography & Autobiography	Literary

Witold Rybczynski's parents and grandparents were a thriving, cultured family in prewar Warsaw, then a sophisticated European city. With the onset of war, their world fell apart. His mother and father made separate escapes, reuniting against many odds on a ship bound for Scotland from Marseilles. That people can lose everything, overcome stunning odds to survive, remake themselves in a foreign country, learn a new language and culture, and then do it again is extraordinary. "My Two Polish Grandfathers" is a testament to the boundaryless world of art, architecture, and music - which can be transported from one country to another - and clear affirmation of Rybczynski's own path toward becoming an architect and one of today's most original thinkers. Beautifully written, thoughtful, and extraordinarily subtle, this riveting work offers a rare glimpse into the development of Rybczynski's educated outsider's eye and is a tribute to a European generation that has helped to define postwar American culture.