Mendelsohn, Daniel2019-04-142019-04-142017-06-06https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-countess-and-the-schoolboyA memoir/essay Mendelsohn wrote for the New Yorker magazine, describing this friendship with a French woman, whom he credited with turning him into a writer. Click on the link to read the essay.enMendelsohn, DanielAuthorsEssaysUnited StatesLiteratureArticle