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Maira Kalman combines personal stories in verse with 50 full-color paintings to tell her family's history, from her grandfather's birth in Belarus to her own upbringing in Tel Aviv. In addition to stories from her own life, she includes musings on other great artists, including Franz Kafka, Gustav Mahler, and Leo Tolstoy

Leo and Sophia -- Tzvi -- Belarus -- Pesach -- Mosheleh dies in Palestine -- Mrs. Pearlman's son -- Uncle -- Kika -- Sara and Maira -- Now is not enough. I want the past -- And what of Brahms? -- Kafka and Mahler -- Kafka's family -- Delacroix -- Chekhov -- Cleopatra and Cicero -- Pesach, again -- Sheets -- A clump of grapes -- Tablecloth -- The window -- Stuffed peppers (grief keep within) -- Goulash -- French poets -- Tsundoku -- The place was a mess -- The petulant -- What could possibly go wrong? -- Dinner with my father -- Dream -- Tibor -- George -- Inadvertences -- Green chair -- Everything -- War, still -- S.B. and S.B. -- Fancy good store -- Chicken fat