Ion Pop - Introducere în avangarda literară românească, 2007, 304 p.
Prin această lucrare de istorie literară putem distinge mai exact între diversele programe şi etape ale avangardei româneşti, putem sesiza mai clar interferenţe doctrinare şi nuanţe individualizante ale fiecărei orientări, suntem mai conştienţi de însemnătatea
Vasile Pârvan - Scrisori inedite/Lettere inedite, 2007, 116 p.
Ediţie şi note de Ion Bulei. Vasile Pârvan se numără printre intelectualii creatori de instituţii, iar scrisorile din acest volum, scrise în perioada directoratului său la Şcoala Română de la Roma, dovedesc ataşamentul marelui cărturar faţă de valorile
Augustin Ioan (coordonator) - Influenţe franceze în arhitectura şi arta din România secolelor XIX şi XX - Ediţie bilingvă (română-franceză), 2006, 154 p.
Volumul reuneşte contribuţiile autorilor Ana Maria Zahariade (Influenţe franceze asupra arhitecturii din România), Bogdan Andrei Ferzi (Micul Paris, între mit şi realitate), Augustin Ioan (Bucureşti ca Paristanbul, O obsesie autohtonă: arhitectura cu specific naţional?),
On Urban Utopias
see photos see movie On one of those buses there were comfortable sofas and a piano with a pianist playing Bizet or Vivaldi. On another such bus – trees, grass, a four-handed witch, and Little Red Riding Hood, while on the third bus, people were welcomed by a magician,
An American In Bucharest
Both me and the editor of the show listened with great delight to the story of the young American, of Romanian origin, who had come back to Romania in search of his roots and to set up a business. The young man had married a girl from Humuleşti, and now he spoke wonderful
A Puzzled City
Bucharest is a city that is difficult to describe, and difficult is a term that tends to suggest the word impossible. Many of us have probably at least once in our lifetime been in the situation of talking about the city that we live in. And, just as probable, among the
The Circle Without A Center
from left: Antiques store on Covaci St. ; National Bank on Lipscani St. ; Victoria department store; Dimbovitza river. The navel of the city: one couldn’t find a better name. There was once an umbilical cord. Through it, Bucur’s shepherds village used to receive, no
The “Black Hole” Historical Center
from left: Old Court ruins, Manuc's Inn, Lime-Tree Inn galleries, passageway on Lipscani St. The other day I was wandering through the Historical Center of Bucharest, the capital city, that is, the place from where the sun rises for all of us Romanians. The name –
Stop And Show Me Something Green!
I used to play this game when I was a child, I played it so often that, from one day to the next, I always remembered to keep some leaves of grass, small leaves or even an entire plant, root and all, in my pockets, socks or sleeves. Little children played it too, later on.
I No Longer Love Bucharest
I no longer love Bucharest. I'm no longer hoping something can be done about this dump of Europe An interview with Mircea Cărtărescu by Ion Longin Popescu Slowly but surely, the old, historic Bucharest – the little that was left after Ceauşescu's demolishing
Neo-Western Supremacism
Born in Botosani (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) in 1850, Mihai Eminescu is widely regarded as Romania's finest romantic writer, and is recognized as both Romania and Moldova's national poet. Most Romanians can recite line after line of his work, the
L. P.
Athenaeum and CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei We like to refer to the “exterior” whenever we analyze local problems and the present day situation in our country can only prove us right. Starting with the ambition of political Europeanization and ending with the famous