"I wasless than five,when my fathershotme in the head" -from the firstrowof theSegrebeginsthe journey fromoneamazingmoment ofhis biographyto the next.The son ofaristocrats,SegrefledfascistItaly, andanti-Semiticlaws ofMussolini's regime- and becameone of the firstparticipants inthe cultural life ofthe nascentPalestine, it is notprepared for thehardshipsof lifein Israelduring the SecondWorld War."Memoirs of afortunateJew" -a philosophicalreflection onthe history ofstormsthat affectedthe XX century.