Category Archives: books

A Book about The Basque Country

Posted on June 26, 2011 by admin

One thing is for sure – I have painfully little time left for reading nowadays. I can too easily count the latest books I have read, and here I am more than one month after my trip to Bilbao painfully … Continue reading →

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Carte: O.Nimigean – Radacina de bucsau

Posted on April 12, 2011 by admin

O.Nimigean nu intentioneaza sa-si crute cititorii originalului sau roman ‘Radacina de bucsau’. Chiar de la titlu cititorii mai putin avizati (si eu ma aflu printre ei) sunt trimisi la dictionare pentru a afla ce este bucsaul si titlul insusi ramane … Continue reading →

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Carte: Jean Velicy – Dincolo de paduri, Ardealul…

Posted on February 27, 2011 by admin

Una dintre placerile mele marturisite este de a-mi ghida prietenii in cele doua spatii pe care le consider ale mele, de a-i introduce in istoria si prezentul, realitatile fizice si cele spirituale ale tarii in care m-am nascut si ale … Continue reading →

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Book: Steve Berry – The Romanov Prophecy

Posted on February 21, 2011 by admin

From time to time I am getting back to the kind of books that I loved to read when I was a kid and a teenager, and actually I never stopped loving them. Action books with historic background or even … Continue reading →

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Reader Notes: Yeshayahu Leibowitz – Israel and Judaism

Posted on January 27, 2011 by admin

Yeshayahu Leibowitz was one of the best known thinkers and scientists in the history of Israel. He was also one of the most controversial ones, his outspoken and non-compromising opinions on a number of issues from the Israeli policy of … Continue reading →

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Carte: Marek Halter – Maria

Posted on January 11, 2011 by admin

Undeva in postfata cartii sale Marek Halter scrie despre imaginea Mariei: ‘De-a lungul celor catorva ani necesari cercetarilor pentru redactarea acestui roman care si-a propus sa contureze portretul Mariei “mele”, m-am straduit sa-mi imaginez cum ar fi putut fi aceasta … Continue reading →

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Carte: Mihail Sebastian – De doua mii de ani …

Posted on December 27, 2010 by admin

Iata o carte care are un destin unic sau in orice caz foarte rar in posteritate si anume faptul ca prefata sa este mult mai citita si mai comentata decat cartea insasi. Incercand sa schimb ceva in acest dezechilibru nefiresc … Continue reading →

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Carte: Nicolae Manolescu – Viata si carti

Posted on December 10, 2010 by admin

Ce poate face Nicolae Manolescu, unul dintre cei mai importanti critici si istorici literari ai ultimelor decenii, dupa ce a scris o ‘Istorie critica a literaturii romane’? Desigur, una dintre optiuni este sa-si scrie memoriile. Succesul de public este in … Continue reading →

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Book: Philip Roth – The Humbling

Posted on November 22, 2010 by admin

The previous book of Philip Roth that I read was The Plot Against America which a historical ‘what-if’ type of story describing an alternative path that the American history could have taken in the period at the start of the … Continue reading →

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Carte: Petru Popescu – Fata din Nazaret

Posted on November 19, 2010 by admin

Ametitoare este cariera de scriitor a lui Petru Popescu, cariera intinsa deja in timp peste mai bine de patru decenii. Dupa ce debutase ca poet, isi face nume de romancier de mare succes la critica si public intre anii 1969 … Continue reading →

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