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  <name><![CDATA[Mircea Eliade]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Romanian-born historian of religion, fiction writer, and one of the pre-eminent interpreters of world religion in this century. Eliade was an intensely prolific author of fiction and non-fiction alike, publishing over 1,300 pieces over 60 years. He earned international fame with LE MYTHE DE L'ÉTERNAL RETOUR (1949, The Myth of the Eternal Return), an interpretation of religious symbols and imagery. Eliade was much interested in the world of the unconscious. The central theme in his novels was erotic love.

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  <title><![CDATA[The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion]]></title>
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  <published>1968</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Maitreyi]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mircea Eliade]]></name>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Myth of the Eternal Return: Or, Cosmos and History]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mircea Eliade]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
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  <published>1954</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy (Bollingen Series (General))]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mircea Eliade]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
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  <published>1964</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Le roman de l'adolescent myope]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mircea Eliade]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.83</average_rating>
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  <published>1989</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Nunta in cer]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mircea Eliade]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.96</average_rating>
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  <published>1938</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Mademoiselle Christina]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mircea Eliade]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.25</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>63</ratings_count>
  <published>1978</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Youth Without Youth]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mircea Eliade]]></name>
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  <ratings_count>67</ratings_count>
  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mircea Eliade]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.24</average_rating>
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  <published>1980</published>  
  
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        <book id="440054">
  <title><![CDATA[Fantastic Tales]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Mircea Eliade]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.19</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <published>1969</published>  
  
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