Set against the backdrop of post-World War II Luxembourg, this memoir captures the author's light-hearted adventures growing up on a farm. It reflects on his youth in the 1940s to 1960s, detailing farm life, teenage escapades, and university experiences in Germany and Switzerland. The narrative is enriched with vivid descriptions of his surroundings and concludes with his arrival in New York City in 1972, accompanied by an epilogue that shares his impressions of America.
This is a genial memoir of a Luxembourger's student days in New York during the turbulent nineteen-seventies. The narrative describes the author's diverse adventures encountered during daily life and discovery of America, and his experiences as a graduate student at an élite American University (The Rockefeller University). The account is replete with observations on the sometimes peculiar (to a European), and sometimes admirable, behavior exhibited by Americans. Paralleling impressions of Japanese, Swedish and German lifestyles round up the author's paean to New York and his decision to settle there for good.