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Izvor, Ţara sălciilor

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Taranii Martei Bibescu traiesc in mit, intr-o suprarealitate mai importanta pentru ei decit viata cotidiana. [...] Un orizont sufletesc care este al nostru si pe care, avindu-l, sintem bogati. Cei mai bogati dintre saracii pamintului !" Sanziana Pop

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1923

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Martha Bibescu

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Martha Bibescu (also known as the Princess Marthe Bibesco) was a Romanian-French writer of the Belle Époque. Bibesco's papers are at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
Born Marta Lucia Lahovary (also spelled Lahovari) in Bucharest as the third child of Ioan Lahovary and Princess Emma Mavrocordat, Marthe spent her childhood at the Lahovary family estates in Balotești and the fashionable French sea-resort of Biarritz. On her first introduction into society, in 1900, she met Crown Prince Ferdinand, the heir apparent to the Romanian throne, but after a secret engagement of one year, Marthe married at seventeen Prince George III Valentin Bibescu (Bibesco), scion of one of the country's prestigious aristocratic families. I stepped onto the European stage through the grand door, she wrote on her wedding day. Her father, who had been educated in France, held the post of minister of the Kingdom of Romania in Paris and, later, that of minister of foreign affairs of Romania.

Fluent in French at an early age (even before she could speak Romanian), Marthe spent the first years of her marriage under the tutelage of her mother-in-law, Princess Valentine Bibesco (née countess Riquet de Caraman-Chimay), who saw to it that the extensive education in European history and literature Marthe already had was reinforced. An old peasant woman, Baba Uța [Outza], saw to it that she was also well-versed in Romanian folk traditions and tales. Meanwhile, her husband, George, was chasing fast cars and other women, but adding to the family fortune at the same time.

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258 reviews31 followers
December 26, 2018
I was disappointed. The images of the Romanian village are depicted as from a distance, as if seen through a lens. There is not the slightest breath of true life in this book. Very disappointed.
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December 19, 2016
În această carte apărută în 1923, naratoarea ne prezintă călătoria sa din Franța în România, pretext pentru a vedea dacă le va lipsi celor din viața sa. Partenerul său Emilien afirmă că o va aștepta timp de șase luni.

Aceasta descoperă câteva elemente negative din Romania (refuzul oamenilor de a merge la doctor pentru a se trata, superstițiile, viața dură a femeilor, predilecția pentru zile libere în loc de a merge la muncă de bunăvoie), însă admiră alte lucruri ce formează universul acestui popor: sărbătorile de Paște trăite de oameni cu bucurie la biserică și vopsind ouăle, apelativul „mândra mea” din cântece în loc de „my sweet heart” sau „ma belle”, hainele tradiționale, locurile frumoase din Imoasa, sărbătorile și colindele de Crăciun.

Prin această călătorie inițiatică, naratoarea se descoperă pe sine și profunzimea țării sale. Este o carte despre tradițiile poporului român, despre caracterele și peisajele acestei țări.

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