Censored Poems by Sorescu, Marin

Censored Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781852241957)

Vendor: Marin Sorescu
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Format: Paperback
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Censored Poems by Sorescu, Marin

Censored Poems

$18.95
Censored Poems by Sorescu, Marin

Censored Poems

$18.95
Format: Paperback
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Romania's comic genius Marin Sorescu was so popular during the worst of the Ceausescu years that his readings had to be held in football stadiums, and his books sold hundreds of thousands of copies. While his witty, ironic parables were not directly critical of the r馮ime, Romanians used to a culture of double-speak could read other meanings in his playful mockery of the human condition. All this time, however, he was also writing the 'secret poems' he did not dare publish then because - as Dan Zamfirescu commented - 'the gesture would have been the equivalent of suicide'. Censored Poems is a selection from two books published in Bucharest after 1989, including borderline poems censored by the authorities as well as the riskier secret poems censored by the author.

Author: Marin Sorescu
ISBN-10: 1852241950
ISBN-13: 9781852241957
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2001
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.64w x 0.36d
By Marin Sorescu
By Marin Sorescu
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Marin Sorescu (1936-96) was a cheerfully melancholic comic genius, and one of the most original voices in Romanian literature. His mischievous poetry and satirical plays earned him great popularity during the Communist era. While his witty, ironic parables were not directly critical of the regime, Romanians used to a culture of double-speak could read other meanings in his playful mockery of the human condition. But later - like a hapless character from one of his absurdist dramas - the peasant-born people's poet was made Minister of Culture, in Ion Iliescu's post-Ceaucescu government.

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