The Constant Rediscovery of Barbara Trapido
The New Yorker · 3 Oct 2026

The Constant Rediscovery of Barbara Trapido

But it was true that Trapido didn’t have ambitions to speak of. She never had. As a child, she had been small and wheezy, held close by her mother, Anneliese, who was herself an exile. Trapido was hopeless at sports and other worldly pursuits. Her sister, Fran, who was a year older, was much better


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