num_pages: 224
description: The revered Austrian author of Thunder at Twilight recounts his childhood idolatry of Fred Astaire, his family's forced immigration to New York City on the eve of World War II, and his subsequent achievements as a writer. 17,500 first printing.
language: English
title: Runaway Waltz: A Memoir from Vienna to New York
titlecomplete: Runaway Waltz: A Memoir from Vienna to New York
genres: Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 16
publisher: Simon & Schuster