My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, an… — Stephen Greenblatt

My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, and by a very peculiar trick of my father's. My father would tell a very, very long story, and the punch line would be in Yiddish.

Stephen GreenblattCritic · American · b. 1943

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