La
lansarea a douăsprezece titluri semnate de Mihai Vişoiu care a avut loc
la Centrul Socio-Cultural Jean Louis Calderon al Primăriei Sectorului
2, Bucureşti la data de 30 iunie 2015, domnul Robert Wileman a spus:
It was a pleasure and a
great privilege to have been asked by Vasile Poenaru, the editor, not
only to review the English edition of “Life with Wolves, Money, and
Death” but also to introduce the book here to you today.
“Life with Wolves, Money, and Death” is a volume of short stories that
exemplify the writer’s true gift as a story teller and shows he is a
master in this genre.
This collection of expressive and original short stories will, I
believe, intrigue and fascinate the readers, setting them to think
deeply about life itself.
As an Englishman, as a foreigner, these truly amazing and insightful
stories gifted me with a rare and enlightening glimpse into Romanian
rural life during the early 20th century.
This glimpse encouraged me to understand and appreciate the daily
lives, routines, values, work, emotions and social relationships of
rural Romanians in times of war, and in times of peace.
I don’t pretend for a second that I have become an instant historian or
expert on rural Romanian life, but this collection of short stories has
given me great cause to consider more deeply the true dynamics and the
daily trials, tribulations and emotions of rural peasants throughout
Romania.
One of the short stories that stood out for me was Bread.
Bread
takes place during the Great War, set on a battlefield, in a trench in
no-man’s land: a lonely soldier, a son, slipping slowly into peace.
ROBERT WILEMAN
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