Dumitru Tsepeneag (Țepeneag): Pigeon vole (Pigeon Post)
The latest addition to my website is Dumitru Tsepeneag's Pigeon vole (Pigeon Post) . This is a witty and clever post-modernist novel, written in French and set in Paris. An…
Ioana Pârvulescu: Viața începe vineri (Life Begins On Friday)
The latest addition to my website is Ioana Pârvulescu's Viața începe vineri (Life Begins On Friday). This is an unusual Romanian novel as it is not grim. A coachman in…
Dan Lungu: Raiul găinilor [Heaven for Chickens]
The latest addition to my website is Dan Lungu's Raiul găinilor [Heaven for Chickens]. The novel is set in Acadia Street, during the post-Nicolae Ceaușescu era. Most of the people…
Liviu Rebreanu: Pădurea spânzuraților (Forest of the Hanged)
The latest addition to my website is Liviu Rebreanu's Pădurea spânzuraților (Forest of the Hanged). Our hero is Apostol Bologa. He is ethnically Romanian - his father had been imprisoned…
Zaharia Stancu: Desculț (Barefoot)
The latest addition to my website is Zaharia Stancu's Desculț (Barefoot). We follow Darie, a young peasant boy from the beginning of the 20th century to World War I. However,…
Maria Maïlat: La cuisse de Kafka [Kafka’s Thigh]
The latest addition to my website is Maria Maïlat's La cuisse de Kafka [Kafka’s Thigh]. This is a semi-autobiographical novel. Her heroine is called Mina Baïlar. She is born in…
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…