The Death of Castor
A few years ago, on a day in September, I had been walking alone and aimlessly through the streets, seized by an unutterable wanderlust triggered by the infinite blue of the sky and the dizzying charm of autumn when, all of a sudden, at a crossroads, I came up against the
Pseudo-Kynegetikos
excerpt I was a boy around thirteen when I first learned how to wield a rifle – though I confess that, ever since, I have made no progress in this craft, quite the contrary, I dare say! I had accompanied my old man to Whitepond Baths, that had seen the cream of the crop
A Canine Epiphany
Mister Kă is closely watching a pair of young-people-not-actually-young-seen-from-up-close, that pair of young-people-in-the-distance-who-look-different-from-up-close, that pair is getting on bus #92, the bus which is taking you, taking everybody, in the direction of the
NR. 64 - iarna 2007-2008
SUMAR NR. 64 Pagini autobiografice Péter Esterházy – Harmonia cælestis Ion Vianu – Supunere, împotrivire, exil Dincolo de eveniment Jacques Rupnik – Populismul în Europa Centrală şi de Est Jacek Kochanowicz – Virajul la Dreapta Cultura – cardiograme
Simona Corlan-Ioan (coordonator) - Negru pe alb - memorii, istorii, identităţi în Africa francofonă / Noir sur blanc. Etudes, histoires, identites dans l'Afrique francophone, 2006, 320 p.
Volumul de faţă se vrea o demonstraţie despre drumul istoriei ca parte a memoriei colective, trecând apoi la memorii ca obiect al istoriilor; el mărturiseşte despre cum se nasc locurile memoriei, dă seama despre eroii istoriilor, revigorând puternice controverse
Alexandru George - Oameni şi umbre, glasuri, tăceri (roman); postfaţă de Alexandru George, 2008, 624 p.
Tânărul Alexandru George, lucrând în catacombe, cu un cuvânt pe care el însuşi l-a folosit repetat pentru a-şi descrie situaţia în anii cei mai duri ai comunismului, pleacă de la Proust într-o căutare nu atât a timpului pierdut şi a epifaniilor memoriei involuntare,
Childhood Memories
by Ion Creangă (1838-1889)
Bucharest Meet Amsterdam
Life is nothing but a perpetual interrogation mark placed above that strange and intriguing image of our very own childhood… and where does it even start to provoke our conscience? Remember that grumpy and oversized street, your everyday neighbors that couldn't restrain
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
The City Is Beautiful When Asleep
An interview with Dumitru Gorzo by Andreea Ciupercă Dumitru Gorzo from Maramuresh made friends with the Capital that gave him everything, and now he's heading for New York. 'The first time I came to Bucharest, I thought I would die after three days. I somehow
Bucharest, Images From A Backpack
No matter how much you tried to humanize it, to make a mental projection of it as seen through a magic lens which deforms the world and makes it look more beautiful than it actually is, no matter how much you looked for its weaknesses, you'll never find a new vision,
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