Non sembra neanche lo stesso autore de "La commedia umana": tanto arioso, semplice, umile e poetico era in quel romanzo; quanto pesante, supponente e borioso lo è in questa serie di ricordi. ( )

William Saroyan's memoirs of his childhood and young manhood, from his days in an orphanage to his days as a newsboy and messenger, searching for the medium to communicate his innermost thoughts and joys and sorrows and finally settling on writing. Saroyan had many flaws as a writer and a man, but that does not diminish my affection for the best of his work and my interest in all of it. ( )