Sunday, January 5, 2014

Images of Bucharest in the 20th century - Encountering Romania part VII

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Encouraged by the images from an impressive book issued last month - Demolished Bucharest 1985 - unofficial archive images  edited by Se...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Romanian Painting - Encountering Romania part VI

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There are two superb guidebooks on cultural Romania – The Pallas Guide to Romania (2009) edited by John Villiers who worked for the Britis...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

Encountering Romania - part V Memoirs

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Amidst the huge groups of people who have suffered from war, starvation and murder over the past century, the inhabitants of Central-East ...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Surrealism and Survival in Romania - part IV of Encountering Romania

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One of the chapters of Inner Lives of Cultures , mentioned in the last post, is “Surrealism and Survival in Romania” by Carmen Fimen (at p...

Getting under the skin

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Let me explore more this question of how outsiders can hope to understand a foreign country. My strength as a school pupil was French and ...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Writing about Romania - part III Histories

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Three names stand out for English speakers for their efforts in trying to make sense of this complex country – Lucian Boia, Dennis Deletan...
Monday, December 30, 2013

Writing about Romania - part II novels

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It’s important to recognise the various genres which can be used to try to penetrate the soul of a country. Travelogues may be the easiest...

Travelogues - about Romania

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Romania is a large country – but remote - several days of driving are required before travellers from northern Europe will reach Bucha...