Recently, after all those years of estrangement and as facilitated by Helen, Steve, Helen and I had a reunion. As we finished our pleasant mid-afternoon get-together over coffee and pastry at Greenwich Village's Marlton Arms Hotel, Steve, Helen and I took our leaves cordially. As described by Helen in Waltzing,"Like my mother, [Steve] kept the fact that he was Jewish a secret. When I first became aware of her Wagnerism, I found it troubling. Indeed, the story of Steve Mass, which he himself is now endeavoring to write, may be more redolent of the legendary Japanese tale of Roshomon, originally from a medieval Noh play and eventually a Kurosawa film classic.

Source: Huffington Post July 04, 2016 15:45 UTC