Gabriela Adameșteanu: Dimineață pierdută (Wasted Morning)
The latest addition to my website is Gabriela Adameșteanu's Dimineață pierdută (Wasted Morning). The novel gives a panorama of Romania and its sufferings from the beginning of World War I…
Augustin Buzura: Recviem pentru nebuni și bestii (Requiem for Fools and Beasts)
The latest addition to my website is Augustin Buzura's Recviem pentru nebuni și bestii (Requiem for Fools and Beasts). Much of this novel is set after the fall of Nicolae…
Petru Dumitriu: Incognito (Incognito)
The latest addition to my website is Petru Dumitriu's Incognito (Incognito). It is set in the period after World War II but before Ceaușescu took power. Our hero is a…
Gib Mihăescu: Donna Alba
The latest addition to my website is Gib Mihăescu's Donna Alba. Our hero, Mihai Aspru, has a colourful early life , running away, working on ships and trying to join…
Vintila Horia: Dieu est né en exil (God Was Born in Exile)
The latest addition to my website is Vintila Hori's Dieu est né en exil (God Was Born in Exile). This is the fourth book on my website about Ovid's exile…
Subscription
I have finally added a subscription feature to this blog. Yes, I know that I should have done it years ago but better late than never. You will find it…
Camil Petrescu: Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de război [The Last Night of Love, the First Night of War]
The latest addition to my website is Camil Petrescu's Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de război [The Last Night of Love, the First Night of War]. This is a…
Magda Cârneci: FEM (FEM)
The latest addition to my website is Magda Cârneci's FEM (FEM). This is nominally a series of stories told Scheherazade-like by an unnamed woman to her unnamed and useless, about-to-be-dumped…
Romanian literature
Regularly, at around this time of the year, I concentrate on reading books from just one nationality and this year it is Romania. For most Western readers who know anything…
Vítězslav Nezval: Žena v množném čísle (Woman in the Plural)
The latest addition to my website is Vítězslav Nezval's Žena v množném čísle (Woman in the Plural). This is not even vaguely a novel but,rather, a collection of pieces -…