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Olvidar Bucarest [una historia]

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The author narrates his childhood in communist Romania from 1956 when he was 7 years old until 1968 when he leaves for Rome with a grant as a student in history of art.

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First published October 1, 2014

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Victor Ieronim Stoichiță

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Victor I. Stoichiță is a Professor of the History of Art at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is the author of "A Short History of the Shadow" (Reaktion, 1997) and co-author of "Goya" (Reaktion, 1999)

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Profile Image for Claudia Șerbănescu.
523 reviews95 followers
November 2, 2019
O carte greu de lăsat din mână. Felicitări autorului pentru povestirea sa plină de har și pentru debutul strălucit, deja premiat de Academia Franceză.
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377 reviews116 followers
June 2, 2016
Da, probabil nu merita, in contextul marii literaturi, cinci stele. Dar mi-a placut prea tare pentru a-i acorda mai putin. Voi reveni cu detalii. E obligatoriu. 4,6/5
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2,517 reviews706 followers
January 19, 2016
well written memoir but very self congratulatory and exuding a sense of entitlement that was very annoying on many occasions; yes the communists took the author's family land, palaces and many properties but he still resided in the best Bucharest neighborhood not in a shoddy built apartment block in the middle of garbage and mud, he still went to the best schools and had access to the elite, the more time went, so as someone living through more or less the same period in quite different conditions, I almost threw this book away a few times (metaphorically as I have an ebook) for the arrogance and sense of entitlement there - noting the author was born in 1949 so he was spared the worst excesses of the regime from 1947-1958-9

try read Ioana Parvulescu's "si eu am trait sub communism" (I lived under communism too) instead which is a collection of (many) vignettes that show the real life of real people under communism (from the glass with water on the night-shelf that is frozen in the morning, to the college graduate sent to work in the middle of nowhere not at Rome with a stipend and so on...)

very annoying book, but well written stylistically
Profile Image for Andrei Pogorilowski.
Author 6 books71 followers
December 1, 2015
Generatia prietenilor mei mai mari cu 20 de ani decat mine. Copiii interbelicilor, tinerii care au prins scurtul dezghet din anii 1965-1971. O carte la fel de interesanta ca amintirile lui Mihai Cantuniari, Cristian Pepino si ale Anamariei Smigelschi, oameni cam din aceeasi generatie. Exact cand ma plangeam ca nu mai apar amintiri din perioada interbelica si din gulagul românesc al anilor '50, au aparut acesti oameni si amintirile lor minunate.
Profile Image for Alexandra Radu.
48 reviews6 followers
February 20, 2016
Un bun 'documentar' despre aspectele vieții sociale și politice ale anilor '50 - '60. Despre viața de familie, închisorile politice, Securitate, amprenta politicului asupra culturii și sistemului de învățământ. Există în carte episoade istorice interesante, așa cum au fost ele percepute și trăite în România acelor vremuri, cum ar fi invazia rușilor în Praga în '68. În ansamlu, o carte bună.
Profile Image for Iulia.
15 reviews11 followers
December 21, 2015
O carte minunata prin intermediul careia autorul ne aduce in prezent un intreg univers deja devenit istorie. O capacitate deosebita de a transmite emotii.
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March 10, 2015
The author narrates his childhood in post world war II communist Romania from the age 7 until he leaves for Rome as a history of art student. A very interesting and moving testimonial of how people lived and coped with the system. The book was written in French and just got published in 2014. I hope that it gets translated in English soon.
Profile Image for Teodora Lovin.
158 reviews
July 12, 2022
Mi-a părut rău că s-a terminat.
Excelent capitolul despre Primăvara de la Praga.
Înduioșătoare devenirea personajului. Trecutul din închisori al familiei - ca o pată de care nimeni nu se poate descotorosi.
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47 reviews4 followers
May 20, 2024
Immersion dans la Roumanie des années 60 sous l’œil d’un fils d’une famille lettrée et anciennement bourgeoise.
Récit contrasté d’une vie sous la dictature communiste. Sympa :)
Profile Image for Anca.
14 reviews22 followers
September 25, 2020
O lectură necesară, note din viața personală îmbinate cu un context istoric întins pe 20 și ceva de ani. Minunată experiență de lectură.
Profile Image for Citesc.
379 reviews
December 7, 2020
Aveam mai mari așteptări/pretenții de la VIS!

Cartea are un stil sterp, fără nici o picătura de lirism, nici un gând, nici o dorință (am fost, am făcut, a venit, a văzut; eu eu eu și cu mine)

Dialogurile sunt reci, forțate, la limita credibilității!
(mi se pare, este o carte de făcut bani, nimic altceva!)
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