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Orwell Diaries (ed. Peter Davison, Harvil Secker, London 2009)

November 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Books, Diary, PEOPLE, Reviews, quotations

Orwell Diaries 1931- 1949
Edited by Peter Davison, Publ: Harvil Secker
ISBN 9781846553295
(sourced from ten original diary notebooks)
I bought Orwell’s Diaries thinking that I could glean more information about his philosophical conversion from Spanish Republicanism to what had become later a lucid critic of left-wing dictatorship. It appears, sadly, that two notebooks of diaries [...]

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“Blouse Roumaine – the Unsung Voices of Romanian Women”: what the Readers say:

September 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Books, Diaspora, PEOPLE, Poetry, Reviews, Translations

Constantin Roman invites us for a walk, during which he enjoins past and present alike, in a brisk coming and going of the narrative. It is a narrative that cannot suddenly end, but rather one which compels us to start all over again and revisit. It is a truly wonderful gift, a very happy surprise indeed of an inherently original book, which haunts us like the persistent music of those Romanian women’s voices.” (French Government Adviser, Paris)

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Romanian-Jewish Topics (Part I)

May 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Books, Diaspora, PEOPLE, quotations

Romanian-Jewish Topics (Part One of Two):
Quotations from an Alternative Anthology:
“Blouse Roumaine – the Unsung Voices of Romanian Women”
Presented and edited by Constantin Roman, Preface by Catherine Durandin, published by the Centre for Romanian Studies (London), 2009
1,100 pages, 160 biographies, 600 quotations, 4,000 references, credits, discography and URLs , 6 Indexes
http://www.blouseroumaine.com/orderthebook_p1.html
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Lauren BACALL,
“Betty” (née [...]

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Voices and Shadows of the Carpathians

April 7th, 2005 · Comments Off · Books, Diaspora, PEOPLE, Reviews, Translations, quotations

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Site Index
Index:
Table of Contents.
Postface:
A Conspiracy of Silence.
“Voices & Shadows of the Carpathians”
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An Anthology of Romanian Thought -
selected and introduced by Constantin Roman
Postface: A Conspiracy of Silence.
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“Now, I am a person who likes simple words. It is true, I had realised before this journey that there was much evil and injustice in the world that I [...]

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Voices and Shadows of the Carpathians – an Antholgy of Romanian Thought

August 26th, 2003 · Comments Off · Books, PEOPLE

“Voices & Shadows of the Carpathians.”
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An Anthology of Romanian Thought -
selected and introduced by Constantin Roman .
Postface:
A Conspiracy of Silence.
“Now, I am a person who likes simple words. It is true, I had realised before this journey that there was much evil and injustice in the world that I [...]

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