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Bietul Ioanide
vol. 1 - 408 pag.
vol. 2 - 368 pag.
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First published January 1, 1953
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George Călinescu
75 books104 followersGeorge Călinescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈd͡ʒe̯ord͡ʒe kəliˈnesku]) was a Romanian literary critic, historian, novelist, academician and journalist, and a writer of classicist and humanist tendencies.
He is currently considered one of the most important Romanian literary critics of all time, alongside Titu Maiorescu and Eugen Lovinescu, and is one of the outstanding figures of Romanian literature in the 20th century.
He is currently considered one of the most important Romanian literary critics of all time, alongside Titu Maiorescu and Eugen Lovinescu, and is one of the outstanding figures of Romanian literature in the 20th century.
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January 5, 2023
Roman publicat în 1953, deci început în perioada ultimilor ani de stalinism, în plină subversiune ideologică prin care țara noastră trecea. Lucrarea, cum era de așteptat, conține elemente favorabile regimului, idei sau mesaje subliminal-marxiste, începând cu decadența și moravurile burgheziei interbelice și până la condamnarea (justificată) a Mișcării Legionare, care ia avânt și umple o bună parte a poveștii. Propunerea ce reiese subtil din paginile romanului, ca substitut sănătos vechii orânduiri, e evidentă.
Gheorghe Călinescu decide să creeze un personaj diferit de toate celelalte personaje ale romanului. Ioanide e un arhitect renumit ce trăiește într-o societate burgheză plină de personaje ariviste, lingușitoare, cu conflicte permanente, caractere precare și care uneori urmăresc scopuri meschine, asemeni lui Gonzalv Ionescu, care își caută încununarea într-o catedră de conferențiar dorind moartea eternului bolnav Ermil Conțescu, care ocupa postul.
Aș spune că personajele sunt mai degrabă caricaturale, chiar butaforice, cu scopul probabil, de a prezenta o epocă apusă, a decadenței și a găunoșeniei morale, în timp ce Ioanide, victimă a unui fascism criminal, iese patriarhal în evidență.
Fără a dezvălui prea mult din roman el începe conturând un tablou al interbelicului cu diversele lui personaje pestrițe, cu vânzători armeni de produse importate din Orient, cu escapade amoroase și viață tihnită în pragul celui de-al doilea război, prag ce va duce la fanatizarea a tot mai multor tineri care vor adera la Mișcarea Legionară. Dramele vieții se înlănțuiesc de Ioanide, cu diversele probleme familiale și evenimentele ce vor culmina din divergentele curente de opinie și idei ale fiului său, Tudorel, în timp ce fiica lui, Pica, e hipnotizată de prezența liderului Mișcării Legionare, Gavrilcea. Toate aceste evenimente vor crea altele și mai mari pe care Ioanide nu le va mai putea nici înțelege, nici opri din desfășurarea lor. Găsește însă tot timpul cu o mină stoică (ajungând până la apatie) să meargă mai departe, proiectând și construind, astfel ca gândurile dureroase să fie deturnate de la sursa lor.
Odată cu împuternicirea Mișcării Legionare în politica statului unele personaje cad în dizgrație și au parte de oprobriu, în timp ce altele, alunecoase, se insinuează pe lângă putere cu beneficii profesionale și pecuniare.
G. Călinescu conturează un personaj aparte, un arhitect care gândește dincolo de tiparele obișnuite ale societății românești, cu viziuni avangardiste, construind o biserică ce se abate de la normele cunoscute. Văd însă în personajul Ioanide și omul ce poate transcede de la idealism la ideologie. Și ca să extrapolez până la capăt văd o parte a lui Ioanide ca fiind un alter ego al lui Călinescu, cu perspective și idei nu foarte clar conturate, ba chiar interșanjabile între ideologii, precum înainte de 1940 când scria ode și articole laudative despre Carol al II-lea, ca după '47 să laude cealaltă extremă.
În '51 Călinescu a făcut parte și din comisia de discreditare și înfierare a operelor lui Constantin Brâncuși, catalogate ca fiind degradante și fără valoare, opere care se încadrau în stilul modernist, curent pe care l-a înglobat totuși în personajul Ioanide.
Încercând să dau la o parte toate straturile ideologice și insinuarile politice ale vremii, țesatura patriarhală a personajului, și toate celelalte reminiscențe diluate de ani, romanul mi-a plăcut, chiar foarte mult; am savurat stilul lui Călinescu. Ceea ce rămâne peste timp trebuie fie valoarea literară, urmată totuși de adevărul, uneori trist, al multor scriitori.
Gheorghe Călinescu decide să creeze un personaj diferit de toate celelalte personaje ale romanului. Ioanide e un arhitect renumit ce trăiește într-o societate burgheză plină de personaje ariviste, lingușitoare, cu conflicte permanente, caractere precare și care uneori urmăresc scopuri meschine, asemeni lui Gonzalv Ionescu, care își caută încununarea într-o catedră de conferențiar dorind moartea eternului bolnav Ermil Conțescu, care ocupa postul.
Aș spune că personajele sunt mai degrabă caricaturale, chiar butaforice, cu scopul probabil, de a prezenta o epocă apusă, a decadenței și a găunoșeniei morale, în timp ce Ioanide, victimă a unui fascism criminal, iese patriarhal în evidență.
Fără a dezvălui prea mult din roman el începe conturând un tablou al interbelicului cu diversele lui personaje pestrițe, cu vânzători armeni de produse importate din Orient, cu escapade amoroase și viață tihnită în pragul celui de-al doilea război, prag ce va duce la fanatizarea a tot mai multor tineri care vor adera la Mișcarea Legionară. Dramele vieții se înlănțuiesc de Ioanide, cu diversele probleme familiale și evenimentele ce vor culmina din divergentele curente de opinie și idei ale fiului său, Tudorel, în timp ce fiica lui, Pica, e hipnotizată de prezența liderului Mișcării Legionare, Gavrilcea. Toate aceste evenimente vor crea altele și mai mari pe care Ioanide nu le va mai putea nici înțelege, nici opri din desfășurarea lor. Găsește însă tot timpul cu o mină stoică (ajungând până la apatie) să meargă mai departe, proiectând și construind, astfel ca gândurile dureroase să fie deturnate de la sursa lor.
Odată cu împuternicirea Mișcării Legionare în politica statului unele personaje cad în dizgrație și au parte de oprobriu, în timp ce altele, alunecoase, se insinuează pe lângă putere cu beneficii profesionale și pecuniare.
G. Călinescu conturează un personaj aparte, un arhitect care gândește dincolo de tiparele obișnuite ale societății românești, cu viziuni avangardiste, construind o biserică ce se abate de la normele cunoscute. Văd însă în personajul Ioanide și omul ce poate transcede de la idealism la ideologie. Și ca să extrapolez până la capăt văd o parte a lui Ioanide ca fiind un alter ego al lui Călinescu, cu perspective și idei nu foarte clar conturate, ba chiar interșanjabile între ideologii, precum înainte de 1940 când scria ode și articole laudative despre Carol al II-lea, ca după '47 să laude cealaltă extremă.
În '51 Călinescu a făcut parte și din comisia de discreditare și înfierare a operelor lui Constantin Brâncuși, catalogate ca fiind degradante și fără valoare, opere care se încadrau în stilul modernist, curent pe care l-a înglobat totuși în personajul Ioanide.
Încercând să dau la o parte toate straturile ideologice și insinuarile politice ale vremii, țesatura patriarhală a personajului, și toate celelalte reminiscențe diluate de ani, romanul mi-a plăcut, chiar foarte mult; am savurat stilul lui Călinescu. Ceea ce rămâne peste timp trebuie fie valoarea literară, urmată totuși de adevărul, uneori trist, al multor scriitori.
December 22, 2020
This was a 5 star novel, maybe more. George Calinescu was one of the most important authors in the Romanian space between the wars. "Bietul Ioanide" describes abundantly the society and the atmosphere of the years before the WWII. The story evolves around a group of friends and acquaintances and their small or big dramas. Politically the story focuses on the legionary movement that followed the lines of the nazi Germany and gained Romanian sympathizers especially in the young generation.
The dialogue is rich and powerful. Although the writing is very fluid and easy to read, G.C. uses plenty of neologisms (some of them I had to look up) but they don't bother (he is not showing off, he is just playing with words). That the author did a lot of research work for the book, and he managed to write quite convincingly about architecture or medicine (medicine i know and it was perfectly introduced - not too many details, but also not too little).
G.C. is a master of writing - he combines character description with story telling and he somehow knows when to stop and turn to dialogue, not to bore the reader. He is good in writing political thriller, murder investigation, philosophical insights. His characters are not out of the ordinary, they are normal people and their special traits (the accurate character study is overwhelming, the way different gestures are studied or different actions are discussed; not to mention the various perspectives he uses to characterize them).
The author offers us political stuff, society gossip, humor, family bonds, death in different forms (natural death, suicide, execution of death penalty), love triangles.
What I liked most, was the fact that the story unfolds slowly. G.C. takes his time. He doesn't rush things. His characters open themselves throughout the whole book, their actions speak sometimes for themselves. Even if the title forces us mentally to concentrate on Ioanide, there are a lot of parallel worthy stories (Pomponescu's life, Gonzalv's, Tudorel's, Ermina's).
I will add some quotes in a short time.
The dialogue is rich and powerful. Although the writing is very fluid and easy to read, G.C. uses plenty of neologisms (some of them I had to look up) but they don't bother (he is not showing off, he is just playing with words). That the author did a lot of research work for the book, and he managed to write quite convincingly about architecture or medicine (medicine i know and it was perfectly introduced - not too many details, but also not too little).
G.C. is a master of writing - he combines character description with story telling and he somehow knows when to stop and turn to dialogue, not to bore the reader. He is good in writing political thriller, murder investigation, philosophical insights. His characters are not out of the ordinary, they are normal people and their special traits (the accurate character study is overwhelming, the way different gestures are studied or different actions are discussed; not to mention the various perspectives he uses to characterize them).
The author offers us political stuff, society gossip, humor, family bonds, death in different forms (natural death, suicide, execution of death penalty), love triangles.
What I liked most, was the fact that the story unfolds slowly. G.C. takes his time. He doesn't rush things. His characters open themselves throughout the whole book, their actions speak sometimes for themselves. Even if the title forces us mentally to concentrate on Ioanide, there are a lot of parallel worthy stories (Pomponescu's life, Gonzalv's, Tudorel's, Ermina's).
I will add some quotes in a short time.
August 24, 2017
— Pe mine mă cheamă Ioanide, continuă el mestecând, ceea ce ar însemna că sunt grec. De fapt sunt român, cineva probabil a fost grec de origine în familia mea. De aceea se luptă în mine două porniri contrare: una de a construi fără nici o preocupare de utilitate, alta de neîncredere în viitor. Toată lumea asta suferă de o panică latentă, se teme de actele curajoase, ca și când ar aștepta un cutremur care să dărâme totul. Biserica e așa de mică, încât o poți duce în căruță. Civilizația românească e făcută pentru a fi purtată oricând pe spinarea calului, nimeni n-are curajul de a pune piatră peste piatră și a întemeia ceva solid.
May 19, 2017
"Bietul Ioanide" is far more appealing and interesting than CAlinescu other work,it is more mature and enables a realistic vision concerning the romanian high society before the second world war.Inspired by Balzac,Calinescu performs a deep analysis of human behaviour,gathering people from all social media and observing their thoughts,gestures and actions with respect to a certain troubled time:1939,the soon invasion of the Germans,the rise of the "Legionary Movement"
July 4, 2025
Bietul Ioanide by George Calinescu author of Cartea Nuntii http://realini.blogspot.com/2014/12/c...
9 out of 10
This is a note about a book read some forty, maybe forty five years ago – though the added five might just serve as a hyperbole – which has had an impact, back in the communist days, but it might just disappoint, if taken again today, especially given the controversial status of the author, a brilliant intellectual
George Calinescu was in some ways a Renaissance man, with an incredible mind, knowledge, determination, talent, drive, resilience, but who was also a collaborator of the communist regime – indeed, Bietul Ioanide is probably modeled on the writer (this is a general rule otherwise) and embraces that awful doctrine
Given the stature of the intellectual, his siding with the abhorrent new rulers of this unlucky country would have an effect, however small, we could not quantify and say that without him, the soviets would have lost their push into Romania, but the support of this luminary, others like Sadoveanu shared their prestige with the bastards
We have been incredible lucky in high school, when we have been gifted with a luminous, brave, divine professor of literature, Magister Ludi Anton Chevorchian, who shared with his pupils his love of books, the secrets of great literature – many of the masterpieces have a crime plot – and quite a few anecdotes
One concerned George Calinescu, who was prominent and scary, and talked with an alternation between high pitch and grave tones, at one point, he talked about the national poet, Mihai Eminescu, stating that ‘Eminescu will remain in our conscience without equal’, when an official opened the door
It was an amphitheater, and the students were in awe, the visitor wanted to retreat presto, in a flash, but the magisterial, domineering writer, professor, political leader had asked a question in class, and when he saw that the apparatchik (maybe he was one) has beaten such a hasty retreat, he shouted ‘he does not know’
Anyway, the humor of that anecdote lies in the telling, and the amusing way that Calinescu talked, high, then very low…gifted as he was, it is a pity that he joined the ranks of the commies, however impossible it was to oppose them – we have had partisans, some heroes fighting in the mountains for some time nevertheless…
Bietul Ioanide is a great architect that might embrace the new ideology, eventually, although this is not one of the simple, idiotic works that were published as cheap propaganda, the roman has been even called similar to the Balzac works http://realini.blogspot.com/2020/06/u...
We could even speculate and say that the many characters that are present in the narrative would serve a subversive purpose, I remember I was enthused, captivated by the many former aristocrats, rich people of the ancient regime, trying hard to adapt, selling their fare, clothes, art, at the fair, where they all meet
They have a charm, erudition, style, and however ridiculous they are sometimes made to be, so that the censors would see that they are ‘exposed, criticized’, they are fantastic and I remember how much I liked them, sided with them, and loathed whatever communist sympathy was introduced, it is a question of bias
When first reading John Steinbeck, or watching the memorable Grapes of Wrath http://realini.blogspot.com/2016/08/t... the feeling was one of admiration, only once I have found about the political sympathies of the author, the second encounter was not so glorious…
Even quite a number of details connected with architect Ioanide have stayed with me, such as the fact that once the signs of aging have started to appear, he would shave his head, he had a turtle which he called…Seneca, he was superior, erudite, handsome, a lady’s men, however politically incorrect that is today
He strikes a friendship with a communist, and alas, the hero is won over by the ‘many attractions’ of that god damn disgusting doctrine – I know about it first hand, we suffered through it, and as I boast at the end, I took part in the revolution that took out Ceausescu in 1989, and got mentioned in Newsweek, then started working for some newspaper, Radio Sweden, got a push into the American Embassy, then on to do work for AT&T (which abused me, by the way, and if you read this, and know a good lawyer, a way to get them to compensate, let me know) and finally, write lines about forgotten books
Ioanide would be a role model, in that he creates, has many qualities, wins people over, but looking back, his eventual fall into the hands of the brutes is unpardonable now, back in the adolescent days, the excuse was that there was no other way, he would see the book published otherwise, but I still wonder
The truth about that terrible age, and the whole communist system is exposed by George Orwell in his stupendous Animal Farm http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/01/a... ‘all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others’, and Nineteen Eighty Four, Big Brother, double speak, idolatry, tyranny were all part of our lives, and Ioanide somehow promoted that…what a shame!
Now for a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/u... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...
Some favorite quotes from To The Heritage and other works
‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’
‚parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’
“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”
9 out of 10
This is a note about a book read some forty, maybe forty five years ago – though the added five might just serve as a hyperbole – which has had an impact, back in the communist days, but it might just disappoint, if taken again today, especially given the controversial status of the author, a brilliant intellectual
George Calinescu was in some ways a Renaissance man, with an incredible mind, knowledge, determination, talent, drive, resilience, but who was also a collaborator of the communist regime – indeed, Bietul Ioanide is probably modeled on the writer (this is a general rule otherwise) and embraces that awful doctrine
Given the stature of the intellectual, his siding with the abhorrent new rulers of this unlucky country would have an effect, however small, we could not quantify and say that without him, the soviets would have lost their push into Romania, but the support of this luminary, others like Sadoveanu shared their prestige with the bastards
We have been incredible lucky in high school, when we have been gifted with a luminous, brave, divine professor of literature, Magister Ludi Anton Chevorchian, who shared with his pupils his love of books, the secrets of great literature – many of the masterpieces have a crime plot – and quite a few anecdotes
One concerned George Calinescu, who was prominent and scary, and talked with an alternation between high pitch and grave tones, at one point, he talked about the national poet, Mihai Eminescu, stating that ‘Eminescu will remain in our conscience without equal’, when an official opened the door
It was an amphitheater, and the students were in awe, the visitor wanted to retreat presto, in a flash, but the magisterial, domineering writer, professor, political leader had asked a question in class, and when he saw that the apparatchik (maybe he was one) has beaten such a hasty retreat, he shouted ‘he does not know’
Anyway, the humor of that anecdote lies in the telling, and the amusing way that Calinescu talked, high, then very low…gifted as he was, it is a pity that he joined the ranks of the commies, however impossible it was to oppose them – we have had partisans, some heroes fighting in the mountains for some time nevertheless…
Bietul Ioanide is a great architect that might embrace the new ideology, eventually, although this is not one of the simple, idiotic works that were published as cheap propaganda, the roman has been even called similar to the Balzac works http://realini.blogspot.com/2020/06/u...
We could even speculate and say that the many characters that are present in the narrative would serve a subversive purpose, I remember I was enthused, captivated by the many former aristocrats, rich people of the ancient regime, trying hard to adapt, selling their fare, clothes, art, at the fair, where they all meet
They have a charm, erudition, style, and however ridiculous they are sometimes made to be, so that the censors would see that they are ‘exposed, criticized’, they are fantastic and I remember how much I liked them, sided with them, and loathed whatever communist sympathy was introduced, it is a question of bias
When first reading John Steinbeck, or watching the memorable Grapes of Wrath http://realini.blogspot.com/2016/08/t... the feeling was one of admiration, only once I have found about the political sympathies of the author, the second encounter was not so glorious…
Even quite a number of details connected with architect Ioanide have stayed with me, such as the fact that once the signs of aging have started to appear, he would shave his head, he had a turtle which he called…Seneca, he was superior, erudite, handsome, a lady’s men, however politically incorrect that is today
He strikes a friendship with a communist, and alas, the hero is won over by the ‘many attractions’ of that god damn disgusting doctrine – I know about it first hand, we suffered through it, and as I boast at the end, I took part in the revolution that took out Ceausescu in 1989, and got mentioned in Newsweek, then started working for some newspaper, Radio Sweden, got a push into the American Embassy, then on to do work for AT&T (which abused me, by the way, and if you read this, and know a good lawyer, a way to get them to compensate, let me know) and finally, write lines about forgotten books
Ioanide would be a role model, in that he creates, has many qualities, wins people over, but looking back, his eventual fall into the hands of the brutes is unpardonable now, back in the adolescent days, the excuse was that there was no other way, he would see the book published otherwise, but I still wonder
The truth about that terrible age, and the whole communist system is exposed by George Orwell in his stupendous Animal Farm http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/01/a... ‘all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others’, and Nineteen Eighty Four, Big Brother, double speak, idolatry, tyranny were all part of our lives, and Ioanide somehow promoted that…what a shame!
Now for a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/u... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...
Some favorite quotes from To The Heritage and other works
‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’
‚parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’
“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”
August 26, 2022
Din punctul meu de vedere, acest roman este greu de catalogat. Cred că este romanul didactic, pe care Călinescu l-a scris pentru a demonstra cum se scrie un roman realist, de inspirație balzaciană. Dar altfel, intriga (care?) și întreaga acțiune este cam dezlânată, personajele par aă se fi adunat într-o carte la un loc doar pentru că trăiesc într-un anumit spațiu și o anumită epocă. I s-a reproșat lui Călinescu de către autoritățile comuniste că partea despre Mișcarea legionară nu a fost tratată corespunzător, pentru că nu s-au expus și opoziția și avântul comunist și proletar din respectiva perioadă. Prea puțin ar fi acesta un fapt care ar trebui imputat, dacă Mișcarea legionară nu ar fi fost destul de caricatural prezentată. Tudorel este un exaltat căruia tatăl său îi face o judecată aspră fără să discute cu el. Femeile din roman sunt toate anexe ale bărbatului și, atunci când devin independente, se bărbățesc (a se vedea Sultana care din vioaie devine urâcioasă, cu mustață, îndată ce începe să aibă succes în comerț). Condescendența lui Ioanide este mai de proastă calitate decât pompozitatea lui Pomponescu (care spre final se salvează moral) și îl face să devină un personaj de carton. Însuși titlul romanului devine ușor deplasat, pentru că Ioanide nu e deloc de compătimit, el neavând aproape nimic de-a face cu copiii săi pe care îi pierde pe parcurs. În încercarea lui de a face romanul bun de manual, Călinescu a creat niște personaje esențializate într-o singură trăsătură, care le domină caracterul, făcându-i oameni de paie.
December 14, 2020
O radiografie a societatii burgheze bucureștene din perioada interbelică, într-o maniera care l-a consacrat pe Călinescu, ca și unul din cei mai mari reprezentanți ai realismului - obiectiv.
September 14, 2021
Ioanide este un personaj masculin la fel de fascinant ca Petrini sau Fred Vasilescu, iar Călinescu se pricepe grozav atât la zugrăvirea spiritului epocii, cât și la descrierea caracterististicilor umane universal valabile. Caracterele sunt așa de migăloase și de realiste încât te bântuie.
Iar peste toate, grotescul firii umane, intrigante, bârfitoare, oportuniste.
Iar peste toate, grotescul firii umane, intrigante, bârfitoare, oportuniste.
December 7, 2025
i loved reading this book from a zoopoetic perspective (Ștolț, Ioanide's dog - there are some delicious passages)
i didn't love how women blatantly refused to acknowledge that they were cheated on; one of them even went on to defend her husband when there were obvious signs of cheating. i just don't like that in the books that i'm reading
but overall it's a pretty nice book!
i didn't love how women blatantly refused to acknowledge that they were cheated on; one of them even went on to defend her husband when there were obvious signs of cheating. i just don't like that in the books that i'm reading
but overall it's a pretty nice book!
April 26, 2025
Excelent roman plasat în România interbelică când legionarismul era în plină ascensiune. Un mod plăcut de a învăța istorie.
Romanul este foarte bine scris, ușor de citit, plin de personaje cu povești captivante.
Mi s-a părut mai bun decât Enigma Otiliei.
Romanul este foarte bine scris, ușor de citit, plin de personaje cu povești captivante.
Mi s-a părut mai bun decât Enigma Otiliei.
January 1, 2019
One of my favourite.
October 7, 2019
good and significant novel about a crazy time in Romania's history
February 11, 2023
E un roman dureros de real, de actualitate chiar și azi.
May 12, 2023
M-a plictisit... Nu a reușit să mă țină în poveste așa că am abandonat-o... Poate am citit-o la timpul nepotrivit.
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