???Schiffrin evokes the bittersweet tang of ??migr?? life in New York.??? ???The New York Times Book Review Andr?? Schiffrin was born the son of one of France???s most esteemed publishers, in a world peopled by some of the day???s leading writers and intellectuals, such as Andr?? Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Antoine de Saint-Exup??ry.