Liviu Rebreanu
1) Ciuleandra
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Written in the interwar period and published in 1927, this psychological thriller captured the imagination of Romanian readers. The book opens with a shock as Puiu, an aristocrat, murders his wife after returning from a ball at the palace. To avoid a public trial and prison sentence, his father instead arranges to have him committed to a mental asylum.
Discussions with his psychiatrist reveal the madness and passion of Puiu through the imagery of...
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This title contains both volumes of the novel Rascoala by Liviu Rebreanu, in a single book, with 424 pages.
Rascouala is a masterpiece by Liviu Rebreanu, which proves an extraordinary ability to reconstruct the life of the village and the psychology of the peasant masses.
G. Calinescu summarizes the defining feature of Rebreanu's style, pointing out the clarity, simplicity and conciseness of the ensemble, its overwhelming greatness, the fruit of the...
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A World War I soldier is torn between his duty, his country, and his conscience in this work of 'classic war fiction' (Books Monthly). When the First World War broke out, Apostol Bologa left his home in Romania and joined the Austro-Hungarian army with grand visions of battle, glory, and honor. Instead, the young officer finds himself serving on a near-perfunctory tribunal that sentences deserters and other reprobates to hanging in a small dark forest...
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When the First World War broke out, Apostol Bologa left his home in Romania and joined the Austro-Hungarian army with grand visions of battle, glory, and honor. Instead, the young officer finds himself serving on a near-perfunctory tribunal that sentences deserters and other reprobates to hanging in a small dark forest just behind the Eastern Front.
At first Bologa performs his duties with staunch military bearing, but the weight of the dead slowly...
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This classic Romanian novel lends valuable psychological insight into the tragic situation confronting minorities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I. It is the story of Apostol Bologa, a middle-class Romanian officer serving in the Austro-Hungarian army who undergoes a transformation as his sense of national consciousness awakens, leading him to make a critical choice that many faced during this era.The novel is based on the life of...
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