Her name was Ljiljana, Serbian for Lilian, and she was my first love. To be sure, in kindergarten I was smitten with Milica, who did not reciprocate, but that doesn't count anyway. One had to be in the gymnasium (the European equivalent to high school) to experience the pangs of real love.Ljiljana Nizetic (pronounced LYILyana NIZHetitch), to give her her full maiden name, was a couple of years younger than I, and the…
SOURCE: John Simon at 03:34PM on August 17, 2015