In 1952, I had gone to England on a literary pilgrimage, but what I also saw, even at that distance from the blitz, were bombed-out ruins and an enervated society, while the continent was still, psychologically, in the grip of its recent atrocities. — Cynthia Ozick

Tags: #Distance, #Gone, #England, #CynthiaOzick, #American, #Novelist

Mini who’s who:

Cynthia Ozick : American Novelist
Born:  April 17, 1928