All children start out as their parents’ biographers and personal detectives. We need to figure out what happened in the mysterious time before we were born and what strange miracle happened to bring this mother and this father together so that we could exist. Most of us eventually settle on a good enough answer or get tired of asking the question and move on to create our own adult lives. Alexander Stille is the exceptional child who never stopped investigating his parents, and his wonderful new book, The Force of Things: A Marriage in War and Peace, is the final report on what he discovered over a lifetime of asking questions.The rest of the review is here.
Alexander will also be reading from the book at two upcoming events in New York. On Monday, March 11th, at 7:00 PM, he will read and give a talk at McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince St. in SoHo. He will also read on Friday, April 5th, at Book Culture, 536 West 112th St. (between Broadway and Amsterdam), also at 7:00 PM.
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