The overlaps are unmistakable. Raoul was born 70 years before me,
100 years ago next August. When Raoul was 18, he moved to the
Midwest for college. When I was 18, I moved from the Midwest to
attend college in North Carolina. When Raoul was in his late twenties,
he started making trips to Hungary. When I was 22, I also went to
Hungary, where my grandmother was born (but who had already left
for America before he could have possibly met her). In Hungary, I
rented an apartment in a beautiful building that had a courtyard with an
enormous tree that reached up higher than my sixth floor balcony. The address?
Number 2, Raoul Wallenberg Street...
100 years ago next August. When Raoul was 18, he moved to the
Midwest for college. When I was 18, I moved from the Midwest to
attend college in North Carolina. When Raoul was in his late twenties,
he started making trips to Hungary. When I was 22, I also went to
Hungary, where my grandmother was born (but who had already left
for America before he could have possibly met her). In Hungary, I
rented an apartment in a beautiful building that had a courtyard with an
enormous tree that reached up higher than my sixth floor balcony. The address?
Number 2, Raoul Wallenberg Street...