My father was a gentle, easy-going person, a salad of racial genes: a Swiss citizen, of mixed French and Austrian descent, with a dash of the Danube in his veins.

• 我的父亲是个温和的谦谦绅士，混合了众多种族的血缘：瑞士籍，法国和奥地利人的后裔，血液中掺和着少许多瑙河水。