A Time of Gifts

I picked up A Time of Gifts during a NYRB sale. The blurb made it sound like an interesting and relaxing little travel journal. Somehow I completely missed when it was that the author started his sojourn across Europe to Constantinople.

Given the time we're currently living through, the author's description of pre WW2 Germany and the people he interacted with acquires an even deeper level of significance.

Putting that aside though, it's an extremely interesting and often funny travel journal. I can't wait to read the next volume.