The Eitingons A Twentieth Century Story

Mary-Kay Wilmers began looking into aspects of her remarkable family twenty years ago. The result is a book of astonishing scope and originality that throws light into some of the darkest corners of the last century. At the center of the story stands the author herself- ironic, precise, searching, and stylish-wondering not only about where she is from, but about what she is entitled to know.

Mary-Kay Wilmers, best known as the editor of the London Review of Books, began looking into aspects of her remarkable family twenty years ago. The result is a book of astonishing scope and thrilling originality that throws light into some of the darkest corners of the last century. At the center of the story stands the author herself-ironic, precise, searching and stylish-wondering not only about where she is from, but about what she is entitled to know.