Dieu Ne Reçoit Que Le Dimanche

by Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu

R160176847. DIEU NE RECOIT QUE LE DIMANCHE. 1990. In-8. Broch. Bon tat, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intrieur frais. 509 Pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 940.53-Seconde Guerre mondiale 1939-1945

509 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (September 15, 1916 in Războieni, Romania – June 22, 1992 in Paris, France) was a Romanian writer, best known for his 1949 novel, The 25th Hour.

Virgil Gheorghiu was born in Valea Albă, a village in Războieni Commune, Neamţ County, in Romania. His father was an Orthodox priest in Petricani. A top student, he attended high school in Chişinău from 1928 to June 1936, after which he studied philosophy and theology at the University of Bucharest and at the Heidelberg University.

He traveled and stayed in Saudi Arabia to learn the Arabic language and the Arab culture, before writing the biography of prophet Mohammed. The book was translated from Romanian to French and to Persian in Iran and in Urdu in Pakistan. Unfortunately, this book was never translated into English. Its Hindi translation is being printed in India and expected to be available by Jan. 2020, with the Hindi title saying "A prophet you do not know".

Between 1942 and 1943, during the regime of General Ion Antonescu, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania as an embassy secretary. He went into exile when Soviet troops entered Romania in 1944. Arrested at the end of World War II by American troops, he eventually settled in France in 1948. A year later, he published the novel Ora 25 (in French: La vingt-cinquième heure; in English: The Twenty-Fifth Hour), written during his captivity.

Gheorghiu was ordained a priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Paris on May 23, 1963. In 1966, Patriarch Justinian awarded him the cross of the Romanian Patriarchate for his liturgical and literary activities.

Reviews

[Ligia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nu ai cum sa nu te bucuri de cartile lui Virgil Gheorghiu. Imaginile pe care ti le pune in fata ochilor sunt poezie pura (Decebal Hormuz nu mai avea nasturi la haine. Femeilor din sat li se face mila de el, dar nasturii sunt scumpi, asa ca ii pun in loc de nasturi boabe de fasole. In timp, nasturii lui Hormuz cel imaterial dau colt si incep sa inverzeasca). Ritmul cartii te tine pe marginea scaunului. Fiecare mister se dezvaluie treptat. Hormuz e construit din zeci de oglinzi si franturi de povesti.

[Andreea Jinga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Minunată!