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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent introduction to the Romanian folklore and culture,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Phantom Church and Other Stories from Romania (Pitt Russian East European) (Paperback)
"The Phantom Church" is an excellent book for introducing the American reader to the rich Romanian folklore and literature. The book offers great insights into the Romanian society from the second World War up to the present times.
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The magic and romance of cold war Romania,
By Ulfilas (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Phantom Church and Other Stories from Romania (Pitt Russian East European) (Paperback)
I found this collection of stories somewhat surprising in its depiction of the vibrant Romanian culture that apparently thrived behind its cold war Stalinist facade. Although some stories seemed to have been taken straight from folklore (the phantom church that a 18th century rebel had converted into a ship complete with sails), others reveal only its subtle influences (as in where a teenage girl imagines herself as a sort of frog princess), while many of the stories correspond to more prosaic events, such as a father and son's discovery of a motorcycle left behind by a World War II German tenant.
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The Phantom Church and Other Stories from Romania (Pitt Russian East European) by Georgiana Farnoaga (Paperback - January 23, 1997)
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