Only the Story Remains

A memoir that moves through poverty and war, immigrating to a foreign land, bringing world music to Canada and beyond, and befriending artists like Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Bob Dylan

Malka Marom will tell you that art saved her life. As a child, she craved stories and songs more than sustenance, and it’s no surprise, perhaps, that they ended up being the central thread of her unusual, often amazing life.

In the ’60s, with her singing partner, Joso Spralja, another imm…