Trauma and Blessings - Autobiography of a Prussian Immigrant

"For me... the past holds the key to who I am, which is why I am writing this book at the end of my life. As an immigrant who in 1956 arrived as a nineteen-year old, looking for educational opportunities denied to me in post-war Germany, the history of my homeland, my mother tongue (and its embedded humor), the grandparents, parents, brothers and sisters I left behind, the social customs, foods, music, and culture - embodied my own past which I had to renegotiate in my new country in a long and painful process of assimilation.

This book gives a biographical account of my own past and that of my family, both before I emigrated to the United States, and since then. In telling my story, I want to recall experiences and memories that have shaped my life and continue to do so in the present. Some of these experiences are remembered as traumatic, others as blessings." - Henning Sehmsdorf

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Henning K Sehmsdorf
• Edition: S&S Homestead Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 21.08.2023
• EAN: 9798985127751
• ISBN: 979-8-9851277-5-1
• Pages: 138
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 280 mm x 10 mm
• Poids: 535 g
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Biographies, autobiographies