Historical fiction books from Romania
Recommended historical fiction books (21)
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If you are into historical fiction here are some historical fiction books from Romania for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Life Begins on Friday by Ioana Pârvulescu EN
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Parvulescus' book is a magical tale full of enchanting characters who can carry the reader to another time. A time-travel book for the romantic.
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Lizoanca la 11 ani by Doina Ruști RO
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Lizoanca (11 years old) lives in a small Romanian village (Satu Nou) and unexpectedly, she becomes the centre of attention. People consider her guilty of spreading a disease, and during one single torrid summer, she turns into public enemy no. 1. At first she attracts the attention of the villagers, and afterwards, through mass-media, she becomes a national sensation. As this character develops, hunted, blamed and adored at the same time, various secrets, more or less important, are revealed, gradually turning the story into the chronicle of this small rural community. Hypocrisy, humiliation, ... continue
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Oraşul cu fete sărace by Radu Tudoran RO
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De la debutul său nuvelistic în 1938 (în revista Azi), confirmat în suita de proze basarabene "Oraşul cu fete sărace" (1940), această continuă alternanţă de violenţă, candoare, senzualitate exasperată şi dezarmare în faţa biologicului se traduce într-o paletă de culori crude, unde ironia şi disperarea se unesc în acelaşi strigăt. Rezultatul e o dureroasă afecţiune pentru eroii proprii, înlănţuiţi în tristeţea unei priviri care-i ştie cât sunt de singuri şi de lipsiţi de apărare într-o lume unde e prea puţin loc pentru bucuri... continue
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Satra este istoria unei deportari spre rasarit si a degradarii unor legi stravechi de existenta. O lamentatie lunga, ca si Ce mult te-am iubit, si o meditatie despre moarte, dar intr-o forma indirecta. In cartile anterioare, Zaharia Stancu privea pitorescul, exoticul din afara. Acum se instaleaza in interiorul lui si construieste o poveste verosimila, de o aspra poezie. [...]
Satra este nu numai o initiere fortata in moarte, dar si o meditatie despre moarte si viata, o lunga interogatie. Pe dedesubtul evenimentelor crancene, curge apa resemnarii si se intinde privelistea eternitatii [...]
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Terre des affranchis : roman by Liliana Lazar FR
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Victor ouvrit un cahier et prit sa plume. Sa main tremblait au moment d'écrire le premier mot du texte qu'il découvrait. D'un geste méthodique et lent, il traça de grosses lettres capitales sur la feuille. Le manuscrit dactylographié en roumain que Victor Luca s'apprête à recopier est un livre interdit car, en cette année 1972, Ceau5escu est au pouvoir et les temps sont à la répression. Pourquoi Victor écrit-il? Pour oublier l'odeur de la mandragore qui émane parfois des corps sans vie de jeunes filles ? Pour combler le vide des jours de solitude et d'enfermement ? En attendant la nuit et ses ... continue
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The Bone Fire by György Dragomán EN
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“A story in which dreams and phantasms are kinder . . . than the random brutality of the concrete world. . . . [the] telling is not just magic, but enchantment.” —Rebecca Makkai, New York Times Book Review Thirteen-year-old Emma grows up under an Eastern European dictatorship where oppression seems eternal. When her dissident parents die in a car accident, she’s taken to an orphanage, only to be adopted soon after by a grandmother she has never met. While her homeland is shattered by a violent revolution, Emma comes to learn the ways of her new grandmother, who can tell fortunes from coffee dr... continue
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The Girl They Left Behind by Roxanne Veletzos EN
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A sweeping historical romance that is "gripping, tragic, yet filled with passion and hope" (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author), offering a vivid and unique portrayal of life in war-torn 1941 Bucharest during World War II and its aftermath--perfect for fans of Lilac Girls and Sarah's Key. On a freezing night in January 1941, a little Jewish girl is found on the steps of an apartment building in Bucharest. With Romania recently allied with the Nazis, the Jewish population is in grave danger so the girl is placed in an orphanage and eventually adopted by a wealthy childless couple who... continue
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The Hunger Angel by Herta Müller EN
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'I know you'll return'. These are his grandmother's last words to him. Leo has them in his head as he boards the truck at 3am on a freezing mid-January morning in 1945. They keep him company during the long journey to Russia. They keep him alive - through hunger, pain, and despair - during his time in the brutal Soviet labour camps. And, eventually, they bring him back home.
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They Were Counted by Miklós Bánffy EN
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"Perfect late night reading" JAN MORRIS "Banffy is a born storyteller" PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR "Totally absorbing" MARTHA KEARNEY "So evocative" SIMON JENKINS An extraordinary portrait of the vanished world of pre-1914 Hungary, this epic story is told through the eyes of two cousins, Count Balint Abady and Count Laszlo Gyeroffy. Shooting parties in great country houses, turbulent scenes in parliament and the luxury life in Budapest provide the backdrop for this gripping, prescient novel, forming a chilling indictment of upper-class frivolity and political folly in which good manners cloak indiffe... continue
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Un singur cer deasupra lor by Ruxandra Cesereanu RO
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Un roman-fresca despre transformarile petrecute in Romania de la inceputurile obsedantului deceniu comunist pina dupa revolutia din 1989, in care micile istorii ale unor oameni aflati de partea puterii comuniste sau impotriva ei sint inglobate si dau contur istoriei mari. Luptatori in munti, deportati, detinuti politici, opozanti, disidenti, frontieristi, revolutionari, dar si lideri ai Securitatii, presedinti de stat, tortionari, delatori si multi altii – victime si opresori –, cu totii traiesc sub acelasi cer, intre 1945 si 1991, limitele cronologice ale frescei epice la care aut... continue