28% done with The World of Yesterday

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He’s a curious man, he seeks out those who he does not know, who are dangerous or interesting. He’s a writer.

I love his on the one hand rosy sentimentalism and on the other his off-hand honesty about the reality of it all. He knows many times he had been disappointed and swindled, but he didn’t care, he loved being free from oppressive old Vienna.