Cutting For Stone

My brother, Shiva, and I came into the world in the late afternoon of the twentieth of September in the year of grace 1954. We took our first breaths in the thick air of Addis Ababa, capital city of Ethiopia. Where silk and steel fail, story must succeed. To begin at the beginning...

Fratele meu, Shiva, si cu mine am venit pe lume in dupa-amiaza tarzie a zilei de douazeci septembrie in anul de gratie 1954. Am respirat pentru prima data in aerul dens al Addis Abeba, capitala Etiopiei.