Böcker av Robert Mackel

This is a genial memoir of a Luxembourger's student days in New York during the turbulent nineteen-seventies. The narrative describes the author's diverse adventures encountered during daily life and discovery of America, and his experiences as a graduate student at an élite American University (The Rockefeller University). The account is replete with observations on the sometimes peculiar (to a European), and sometimes admirable, behavior exhibited by Americans. Paralleling impressions of Japanese, Swedish and German lifestyles round up the author's paean to New York and his decision to settle there for good.

The "Adventures of Young Roby" is a memoir that consists of mostly light-hearted tales and sketches from the author's youth growing up on a farm in the small European country of Luxembourg, in the post World War II era (i.e. nineteen-forties to -sixties). The memoir continues through the author's student days in Germany and Switzerland. The narrative is broken up in a description of the atmosphere and environment that the author grew up in; his adventures on the farm; anecdotes from his teenage years; and from his twenties, as a university student. The story-telling ends with the author's arrival in New York City in 1972. An epilogue highlights his impressions of the U.S.