english: My grandfather was a rabbi and he was a widower who lived alone in a small apartment in Brooklyn that was my favorite place in the world when I was growing up, partly because it was filled with his very gentle, very courtly presence and partly because it was filled with books.
non_english: Starý otec bol rabínom a vdovcom, ktorý žil sám v malom byte v Brooklyne, čo bolo moje najobľúbenejšie miesto na svete, keď som vyrastala. Sčasti pre jeho vľúdny a uhladený vzhľad a sčati preto, že bol plný kníh.