The turbulent relationship of Alexander Stille's parents, a mid-Western Protestant and an Italian Jew of Russian descent, is at the heart of his talk. He explores the ways two people contend with events and powers beyond their control in a time out of joint.

• 2013-05-29

• Stille, Alexander

Stille, Alexander. The Force of Things: a Marriage in War and Peace. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.

• Italy
• United States

• 1933-1941
• 1941-2000

• Family history

• Children of Holocaust survivors--Family relationships
• Family relationships
• Interfaith marriage
• Jewish identity
• Jewish refugees

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• English

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