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: Moj dedek je bil rabin in vdovec, ki je sam živel v majhnem stanovanju v Brooklynu, ki je bilo med odraščanjem moj najljubši kraj na svetu, deloma zato, ker je bilo polno njegove blage, zelo vljudne osebnosti, in deloma zato, ker je bilo polno knjig.