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Buenos Aires: Seijas Y Goyanarte Editores, 1964. Wraps. Very good. Wraps, very good, pages quite tanned, some bumping and mild creasing. Translation of the Romanian's crime novel "Baltagul" first published in 1930. The author was a novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure, who twice served as acting head of state for the communist republic (1947-1948 and 1958). One of the most prolific Romanian-language writers, he is remembered mostly for his historical and adventure novels, as well as for his nature writing. An author whose career spanned five decades, Sadoveanu was an early associate of the traditionalist magazine S m n torul, before becoming known as a Realist writer and an adherent to the Poporanist current represented by Via a Româneasc journal. His books, critically acclaimed for their vision of age-old solitude and natural abundance, are generally set in the historical region of Moldavia, building on themes from Romania's medieval and early modern history. Among them… Read More

Center for Romanian Studies, 9/12/2023 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Like New. 0.8268 9.3307 6.2992.

Center for Romanian Studies, 9/12/2023 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Like New. 0.8268 9.3307 6.2992.

Hardback. New. The first crime novel in Romanian literature is now available in a new illustrated edition. The story is based on the classic Romanian folk poem Miorita.Vitoria Lipan is the wife of a shepherd living in a Moldavian village. She can't read or write but she has outstanding intuition. One day she gets a premonition that something happened to her husband, who was away looking to buy more sheep.Guided by archaic symbols and local superstitions, Vitoria embarks on a journey to learn the truth.Her character is a unique portrayal of a simple peasant woman in the 1930s. Despite being illiterate she becomes a true female sleuth, crushing every stereotype of that time period.

Center for Romanian Studies, 2023. Hardcover. New. 203 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches.

Bucharest: The Book" Publishing House, 1955. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. dust jacket 197pp., b/w ills., Translated from the Rumanian