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Teodor Flonta

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Lupoaia, Transylvania

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Transylvanian born Teodor Flonta is a retired academic and author of 'A Luminous Future' and of multilingual proverb dictionaries. He lives in Tasmania, Australia, with his wife, Ariella, surrounded by beautiful grandchildren. His books are found at http://www.amazon.com/Teodor-Flonta/e... and his bilingual proverb apps at
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/engli... and https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... ...more

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	A Luminous Future: Growing up in Transylvania in the Shadow of Communism 4.68 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paper Rings 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dictionary of English and Italian Equivalent Proverbs 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dictionary of English and Portuguese Equivalent Proverbs it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inele de hârtie it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dictionary of English and Spanish Equivalent Proverbs 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God and the Devil: Proverbs in 9 European Languages it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dictionary of English and Romanian Equivalent Proverbs it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un futuro luminoso: Cresciuto in Transilvania all'ombra del comunismo by Teodor Flonta (Goodreads Author), Ariella Flonta (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Man is by nature a curious animal. You can hide the truth from him temporarily, but not for ever.”
― Teodor Flonta, A Luminous Future

tags: communism, life, love, secret-police, transylvania, vampires, witches

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“He thought of his wife, of his son, of his youth. He thought of life. He thought of death and then he thought of life again.”
― Teodor Flonta, A Luminous Future

tags: communism, life, love, secret-police, transylvania, vampires, witches

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“Never give up on learning because what you put up there in your brain,” he indicated my head with his index finger, “the Communists won’t ever be able to take away from you.”
― Teodor Flonta, A Luminous Future

tags: communism, life, love, secret-police, transylvania, vampires, witches

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“Man is by nature a curious animal. You can hide the truth from him temporarily, but not for ever.”
― Teodor Flonta, A Luminous Future

tags: communism, life, love, secret-police, transylvania, vampires, witches

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“While the new Legionnaire man eliminated his enemies in the name of God, with a cross in his hand, the new Communist man eliminated God altogether and stood on His pedestal. They were both equally thirsty for blood.”
― Teodor Flonta, A Luminous Future

tags: communism, life, love, secret-police, securitate, transylvania, vampires, witches

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tags: communism, life, love, secret-police, transylvania, vampires, witches

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“Stalin is dead! Stalin is dead! No school today!” we yelled. “Stalin is dead! No school today...” was a chant to linger in my ears for years to come.”
― Teodor Flonta, A Luminous Future

tags: communism, life, love, secret-police, transylvania, vampires, witches

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“He thought of his wife, of his son, of his youth. He thought of life. He thought of death and then he thought of life again.”
― Teodor Flonta, A Luminous Future

tags: communism, life, love, secret-police, transylvania, vampires, witches

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message 11: by Martha

Apr 16, 2016 06:09AM

Hi Teodor,
Glad to connect. I just wrote a book BROKEN PIECES
my website www.marthaperez.info

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message 10: by E.D.

Mar 07, 2015 10:13PM

Thanks for being my friend on Goodreads – Please visit my website www.bittersweetbyedbird.com for information on this novel and its author. Please also ‘like’ its Face Book page www.facebook.com/violencesexandswearing

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message 9: by Promod

Mar 07, 2015 08:07PM

Thanks for connecting. To introduce myself I give below the link to my two of the recent blogs on wordpress.com;
https://promodkumarsharma.wordpress.c...
https://promodkumarsharma.wordpress.c...

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message 8: by Terry

Jul 06, 2014 08:29AM

thank you for befriending me!

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message 7: by Dale

Dec 16, 2013 05:34PM

Teodor, thanx for accepting my friend request :)

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message 6: by Louise

May 09, 2013 09:34AM

Thank you for your friendship. What do you think of Bram Stoker's Dracula? For me, the iconography transcends the original text which, I found somewhat disappointing.

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message 5: by Francisco

Feb 28, 2013 02:09AM

Gracias por concederme tu amistad, me tienes a tu disposición para cualquier cosa que me puedas necesitar.

Si todavía no tienes mi libro UNA VIDA Y UN AMOR, te lo puedo mandar con dedicatoria personal y estará en tu domicilio por 13 € envío incluido. Si no vives en España solicita los enlaces de la Editorial y de los distribuidores para todo el mundo.

Si lo deseas puedes visitar mis Bitácoras

Poemas ALMA EN POESÍA
http://kokoroalmapoesia.blogspot.com.es/

Poemas DEL CORAZÓN A LA MENTE
http://esveritate-laverdad.blogspot.c...

Saludos

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message 4: by Teodor

Feb 23, 2013 05:52PM

Richard wrote: "Teodar,
Thank you for the friend on Goodreads. I review books as you may or may not know on Amazon, Goodreads, Smashwords and really anywhere authors want me to post them after they have sent them ..."

Hi Richard,

So good of you to offer to review my book. You should receive an email from Smashwords with a link to download A Luminous Future as a gift. Please let me know if everything goes well with the download...

Sorry for being so late in contacting you; I don't open this site very often...and when I do, I forget to check the messages...too busy on Twitter and lately on Facebook, and there's Google+ too...madness!

I hope you enjoy my book, you'll enter a world - real - which shouldn't have existed, but I lived there and paid my dues...well, my parents had it very very hard. I am curious what a Hawaiian's reaction is going to be! My family and I visited your island a couple of times and loved it. My wife loved the market, specially the pearls... :-)

Well, my friend, all the best to you and family and thank you for contacting me.

Aloha from your Tasmanian friend,
Teodor

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message 3: by Marc

Feb 04, 2013 06:50AM

Just published my first non-fiction book "Pain and Gain - The Untold True Story". I invite everyone to read it.

http://www.painandgainbook.com/

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message 2: by Richard

Jan 31, 2013 12:42AM

Teodar,
Thank you for the friend on Goodreads. I review books as you may or may not know on Amazon, Goodreads, Smashwords and really anywhere authors want me to post them after they have sent them to me either at my e-mail bsgtrust@gmail.com or to one of the afore mentioned locations. I look forward to reading & reviewing your work in the future. Aloha, Richard

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message 1: by 6 Years

Dec 31, 2012 02:38PM

Hi, Teodor! Thanks for the friend request! You can check out my attempt to read 100 works of classic literature in under 6 years here:

http://6years45000pages.blogspot.com

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