Klima's a great writer. I'm excited for his memoir.
Excerpt from the NYT review:
“For me, it was a professional decision,” he explained. “For a writer it’s very important to be in close relation with a milieu you understand more than any other, and with a language. Exile is always very dangerous for a writer. I was nearly 40, and to accept an entirely new language seemed nearly impossible. You can learn to speak it, but you can’t write in it at a high level.”
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