Born in a country that does not exist anymore, that country was called Yugoslavia, “The land of the South Slavs”. Yugoslavia was not only the nation of the Slavs; it had other ethnic groups, such a...view moreBorn in a country that does not exist anymore, that country was called Yugoslavia, “The land of the South Slavs”. Yugoslavia was not only the nation of the Slavs; it had other ethnic groups, such as Hungarians, Romanians, Gypsies, and many others. Theofil was born and raised in one of those minority groups of Romanian descent. He experience almost ten years of happy village life, before his parents left for Austria. Spending almost two years in the German speaking country, then his parents migrated to New York City. In the Big Apple he played in the streets of Manhattan before his parents decided to move to Philadelphia. In the city of “Brotherly Love” he outgrew his teenage years, eventually winding down in the Sunshine State, where he received his History Degree from Florida Atlantic University. Today he is happily married, living and working in South Florida, where he remained for more then twenty years. “Through the Strings of Time” is his first novel.view less