“I was probably less than five years old when my father fired a shot at my head.” From this first line, Dan Vittorio Segre’s memoir moves from one startling turning point to the next. The child of aristocratic parents, Segre fled Fascist Italy and Mussolini’s anti-Semitic laws only to be thrust into the pioneering culture of Palestine, completely unprepared for the dangers of life in Israel during World War II. Beautifully narrated, Memoirs of a Fortunate Jew is an ironic, philosophical meditation on the historical reverberations of the twentieth century. “Taut and illuminating . . . memorable . . . written with the humility of he who confesses himself and with the honesty of he who bore witness.”—Primo Levi “The writing of memoirs is a difficult art that Dan Segre fully possesses. Under his pen, history and psychology merge in one captivating narrative which illuminates the turmoils, fears and triumphs of his generation.”—Elie Wiesel “Beautifully written. . . . [A] labyrinthine, spell-binding autobiography, full of passionate tenderness.”—New York Review of Books “An unusually attractive book—attractive in its irony, its energy and its moral insight. Mr. Segre had some rich material to work with, and he has done it justice.”—New York Times

Memoirs of a Fortunate Jew: An Italian Story

Biographies & Memoirs

Segre, Dan Vittorio

Historical

University of Chicago Press

The author describes his childhood in prewar Fascist Italy, and his experiences as a teenage immigrant in Palestine, where he came to terms with his Jewish heritage

Memoirs of A Fortunate Jew : An Italian Story

Community & Culture

Laurel

The author describes his childhood in prewar Fascist Italy, and his experiences as a teenage immigrant in Palestine, where he came to terms with his Jewish heritage

Memoirs of a Fortunate Jew: An Italian Story (English and Italian Edition)

History

Middle East

Woodbine House

This memoir brings to life Dan Vittorio Segre's childhood as a Jew raised in fascist, pre-World War II Italy.

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Jason Aronson, Inc.

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Memoirs of a Fortunate : An Italian Story

World

Peter Halban Publishers Ltd.

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Africa

Corbaccio

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