Ein Land voller Helden

by Carmen-Francesca Banciu

'In eindringlich poetischer Sprache versucht Carmen-Francesca Banciu in ihrem Roman, die Wende am Beispiel der Rumänischen Revolution zu erfassen und die Frage nach der Möglichkeit von Zukunft zu beantworten. Das Schicksal der Freunde steht dabei exemplarisch für all jene "verborgenen Helden", für die mit dem Zusammenbruch des Kommunismus eine neue Zeitrechnung begann.'

254 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Carmen-Francesca Banciu (born October 25, 1955) is a Romanian novelist and lecturer.

Born in Lipova, Arad County, she was the daughter of a high-ranking Romanian Communist Party and government official. Banciu studied church mural painting and foreign trade at schools in Bucharest.

In 1985, she won the International Short Story Prize of the city of Arnsberg, Germany, an achievement which prompted a publication ban in Romania. In 1990, after the fall of the communist regime in Romania (the Romanian Revolution of 1989), Banciu moved to Berlin, and since 1996, she has not only written in Romanian, but also in German. In addition to writing, she works as a freelance editor and commentator for various news media and regularly teaches seminars on creative writing.

In 2005, Banciu was writer-in-residence at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.