Jewish parents, the war, the German occupation, the round up of Jews, the risk of being sent to a concentration camp, and then Daniel's exile to a small village in the center of France.
The young man's return to a newly liberated Paris, an addiction to poker, private Latin lessons with Einstein's best friend.
his unusual tour of duty during the Algerian War.
his tryst with a painter who encourages him to emigrate to America.
Early years in New York City bohemia, honing his skill.
Daniel Dorian Peripatetic: a memoir: a french-american citizen's perspective on his jewish heritage and war, love and politics, paperback/daniel h. dorian
