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Carte: Petru Popescu – Supleantul

Posted on November 8, 2011 by admin

Receptarea de catre critica si de catre cititori a primei carti scrise in limba romana si publicata direct in Romania de catre Petru Popescu dupa trei decenii si jumatate de absenta nu a fost usoara. Nici subiectul si nici abordarea … Continue reading →

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Carte: John Le Carre – Our Kind of Traitor

Posted on September 13, 2011 by admin

Spionajul si soarta si dilemele oamenilor angrenati in acesta activitate este subiect pentru literatura britanica de mai bine de un secol, inca din perioada in care imperiul unde soarele nu apune niciodata inca mai exista si se lupta pentru supravietuire … Continue reading →

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Carte: Dan Stanca – A doua zi dupa moarte

Posted on September 8, 2011 by admin

Inceputul romanului lui Dan Stanca ‘A doua zi dupa moarte’ (editia a II-a revazuta, Curtea Veche, 2011) mi-a amintit de serialul in gen ‘horror’ ‘Regatul’ (Kingdom) creat de Lars von Trier in anii 90. ‘Spitalul se inalta mohorat pe fundalul … 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: 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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