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Ciuleandra. Jar. Amîndoi.
Romanian
421 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1990
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Liviu Rebreanu
73 books325 followersLiviu Rebreanu was a Romanian novelist, playwright, short story writer, and journalist.
Born in Târlişua (currently Bistriţa-Năsăud County), Transylvania, then part of Austria-Hungary, he was the second of thirteen children born to Vasile Rebreanu, a schoolteacher, and Ludovica Diuganu, descendants of peasants. His father had been a classmate of George Coşbuc's and was an amateur folklorist. Liviu Rebreanu went to primary school in Maieru (where he was taught by his father), and then in Năsăud and Bistriţa, to military school at Sopron and then to the military academy in Budapest. He worked as an officer in Gyula but resigned in 1908, and in 1909 illegally crossed the Transylvanian Alps into Romania, and lived in Bucharest.
He joined several literary circles, and worked as a journalist for Ordinea, then for Falanga literară şi artistică. At the request of the Austro-Hungarian government, he was arrested and extradited in 1910. Rebreanu was incarcerated in Gyula, being freed in August; he returned to Bucharest. In 1911-1912 he was secretary for the National Theater in Craiova, where he worked under the direction of short story writer Emil Gârleanu. He got married to actress Fanny Rădulescu.
His first published in 1912 with a volume of novellas gathered under the title Frământări ("Troublings"). During World War I Rebreanu was a reporter for Adevărul, and he continued publishing short stories: Golanii ("The Hooligans") and Mărturisire (Confession) in 1916 and Răfuială ("Resentfullness") in 1919. After the war, he became an important collaborator at the literary society Sburătorul led by the literary critic Eugen Lovinescu.
In 1920 Rebreanu published his novel Ion, the first modern Romanian novel, in which he depicted the struggles over land ownership in rural Transylvania. For Ion, Rebreanu received a Romanian Academy award - he became a full member of the institution in 1939. Between 1928 and 1930 he was chairman of the National Theatre of Bucharest, and from 1940 to 1944 he was President of the Romanian Writers' Society.
In 1944, aged 59, he was diagnosed with throat cancer. Rebreanu shot himself in the mouth, in his country house in Valea Mare, Argeş County
Born in Târlişua (currently Bistriţa-Năsăud County), Transylvania, then part of Austria-Hungary, he was the second of thirteen children born to Vasile Rebreanu, a schoolteacher, and Ludovica Diuganu, descendants of peasants. His father had been a classmate of George Coşbuc's and was an amateur folklorist. Liviu Rebreanu went to primary school in Maieru (where he was taught by his father), and then in Năsăud and Bistriţa, to military school at Sopron and then to the military academy in Budapest. He worked as an officer in Gyula but resigned in 1908, and in 1909 illegally crossed the Transylvanian Alps into Romania, and lived in Bucharest.
He joined several literary circles, and worked as a journalist for Ordinea, then for Falanga literară şi artistică. At the request of the Austro-Hungarian government, he was arrested and extradited in 1910. Rebreanu was incarcerated in Gyula, being freed in August; he returned to Bucharest. In 1911-1912 he was secretary for the National Theater in Craiova, where he worked under the direction of short story writer Emil Gârleanu. He got married to actress Fanny Rădulescu.
His first published in 1912 with a volume of novellas gathered under the title Frământări ("Troublings"). During World War I Rebreanu was a reporter for Adevărul, and he continued publishing short stories: Golanii ("The Hooligans") and Mărturisire (Confession) in 1916 and Răfuială ("Resentfullness") in 1919. After the war, he became an important collaborator at the literary society Sburătorul led by the literary critic Eugen Lovinescu.
In 1920 Rebreanu published his novel Ion, the first modern Romanian novel, in which he depicted the struggles over land ownership in rural Transylvania. For Ion, Rebreanu received a Romanian Academy award - he became a full member of the institution in 1939. Between 1928 and 1930 he was chairman of the National Theatre of Bucharest, and from 1940 to 1944 he was President of the Romanian Writers' Society.
In 1944, aged 59, he was diagnosed with throat cancer. Rebreanu shot himself in the mouth, in his country house in Valea Mare, Argeş County
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January 16, 2026
Proza lui Rebreanu surprinde și de această dată lumea printr-o "beție a dansului" ce te cuprinde fie că vrei, fie că nu vrei.
Romanul 𝐶𝑖𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎 se concentrează asupra tânărului Puiu Faranga, un tânăr de origine nobilă care își ucide soția într-un acces de nebunie.
După momentul uciderii lui Madaleine, Puiu ajunge la un sanatoriu și trebuie să dovedească că este nebun pentru a scăpa de ocna, dar în parcursul acestei încercări amintirile încep să-l tulbure tot mai des și este prins în vâltoarea nebună a dansului 𝐶𝑖𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎, neștiind că alături de el nu era doar Madeleine ci și un necunoscut ce i-a fost, mai mult sau mai puțin, aproape.
Am încercat să fac o prezentare scurta și fără spoilere a romanului și cu siguranță se va putea observa cât de vag am descris, însă este un roman ce trebuie citit fără îndoială, întrucât ajunge să te lase pur și simplu cu sufletul la gură.
Nu pot spune totuși că mi-a plăcut foarte mult, întrucât au fost momente în care puteam să prevăd următoarea mișcare a personajelor, însă, la nivelul profunzimii, este cu adevărat fascinant stilul de scriere al autorului. Prin acest cuvânt, "fascinant" vreau să fac referire în special la modul în care cititorul poate pătrunde în mintea învolburată a protagonistului astfel încât ajunge să fie prins de nebunia acestuia.
Romanul 𝐶𝑖𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎 se concentrează asupra tânărului Puiu Faranga, un tânăr de origine nobilă care își ucide soția într-un acces de nebunie.
După momentul uciderii lui Madaleine, Puiu ajunge la un sanatoriu și trebuie să dovedească că este nebun pentru a scăpa de ocna, dar în parcursul acestei încercări amintirile încep să-l tulbure tot mai des și este prins în vâltoarea nebună a dansului 𝐶𝑖𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎, neștiind că alături de el nu era doar Madeleine ci și un necunoscut ce i-a fost, mai mult sau mai puțin, aproape.
Am încercat să fac o prezentare scurta și fără spoilere a romanului și cu siguranță se va putea observa cât de vag am descris, însă este un roman ce trebuie citit fără îndoială, întrucât ajunge să te lase pur și simplu cu sufletul la gură.
Nu pot spune totuși că mi-a plăcut foarte mult, întrucât au fost momente în care puteam să prevăd următoarea mișcare a personajelor, însă, la nivelul profunzimii, este cu adevărat fascinant stilul de scriere al autorului. Prin acest cuvânt, "fascinant" vreau să fac referire în special la modul în care cititorul poate pătrunde în mintea învolburată a protagonistului astfel încât ajunge să fie prins de nebunia acestuia.
January 17, 2009
Shortly after his daughter-in-law is killed by his son, a young man's father tries to decalre him mad in order to protect him. Is there any grain of truth behind this excuse?
This book goes deeply with analising the darkest parts of a human soul . The ones that come to light only when indomitable human instintcs are accepted by society . Like when dancing.
This book goes deeply with analising the darkest parts of a human soul . The ones that come to light only when indomitable human instintcs are accepted by society . Like when dancing.
November 29, 2010
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July 22, 2007...nerecomandata cardiacilor si superstitiosilor
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