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Bogdan
May 28, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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I am confident that if Preda was part of English or even French literature, he would have been one of the most prominent and awarded writer of 20th century. I enjoyed every novel I read from him and I am sure he is the best Romanian novelist ever. His clear style, with reflections on aspects of life, yet without being too invasive on the story and transforming the epic story in a philosophy book.
This one is an nice mixture between characters from other novels he wrote and facts from his life. Th
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