SELECTED BOOKS on ROMANIA
BRANCUSI - Sophrosyne or Wisdom of the Earth
Ion Pogorilovschi, Universalia Publishers, New York, 2005 (Excellent analysis of sources of Brancusi's creativity)
CAVES BEYOND TIME
Cristian Lascu, GESS (Bucharest)
(Photographic study of Romania caves, history and speleology. Can be ordered in limited number from Romania contact)
DADA: Zurich, Berlin, Hanover, Cologne, New York, Paris
Published by National Art Gallery Wash DC (Published by National Art Gallery, Wash, DC, 2005 - exhibit catalog of Romanian influenced Dada art movement early 1900s)
EMINESCU Selected Poems
Adrian George Sahlean (cv), Prospero Books (Needham, MA)
(Award winning translations of the eminent poet's work)
ETHNOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF ROMANIA (Vol 1 & Vol 2)
Dr. I. Ghinoiu et al, 2004, 2005
First 2 of 5 volumes - 3-5 to be published by 2006-2007
(Can be read at Peabody Library (Harvard), Rockefeller Library (Brown Univ), Cosmos Club - Wash DC)
FLYING AGAINST THE ARROW: An Intellectual in Ceausescu's Romania
Horia-Roman Patapievici, Central European Univ. Press (Budapest 2003)
[Diaries and thoughts of an intellectual's evolution in communist Romania]
FORTRESSES OF FAITH
Alan Ogden, Center for Romanian Studies (Portland)
(An evocative book with large format b&w photos of Saxon villages)
IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LIFE
Carmen Firan and Virginia Joffe, Umbrage Editions (New York) - English and Romanian
("A poetic celebration in words and photographs of contemporary Romania, by noted New York photographer Virginia Joffe and Romanian poet Carmen Firan.")
MARAMURES: The Wooden Architecture of,
Ana Barca and Dan Dinescu, Humanitas (Bucharest)
(Beautifully designed with b&w photos of unique wooden architecture and construction work)
MARAMURES
Kosei Miya, Humanitas (Bucharest)
MASKS
Georgeta Rosu, Peasant Museum (Bucharest)
(In Romanian, English & French, an elegantly designed book of masks from the Museum)
MERRY CEMETERY OF SAPANTA
Maramures cemetery epitaphs translated by Adrian Sahlean and essay by Sanda Golopentia. Purple Martin Press (NY) 2007
MONSTER OF GOD
David Quammen, WW Norton (New York)
(About 100 pages are devoted to the history and plight of the bear in Romania in "Shadow of the Nine-Toed Bear" and its fate under Ceausescu and now)
MY SECOND UNIVERSITY: Memories from Romanian Communist Prisons
Dan S. Dusleag and Stanciu Stroia, iUniverse, (Lincoln, Nebraska), 2005
(A memoir of Dr. Stanciu Stroia's years in several communist-era prisons edited by his grandson Dr. Dusleag)
PREZIOSI IN ROMANIA
Adrian-Silvan Ionescu, Noi Media Print, Bucharest, 2003
(Paintings of Amedeo Preziosi depicting Romania in the 1860s-1870s)
ROMANIA: Borderland of Europe
Lucian Boia, Reaktion Books (London)
(Very readable big picture of Romanian history and contemporary challenges)
ROMANIA: The Humble Sport of Splendor
Photographs (duatone) of Romanian peasant life by Razvan Voiculescu with an introduction by Horia-Roman Patapievici. Humanitas (Bucharest), 2005 (Superb photographic essay on everyday life through informal portraits of people at home or work)
ROMANIAN MODERNISM: The Architecture of Bucharest, 1920-1940
Luminita Machedon and Ernie Scoffham, MIT Press (Cambridge, Mass.), 1999
ROMANIA REDUX: A View from Harvard - amazon.com
Dan Dimancescu, et al. BtF Press (Cambridge, Mass.)
(Economic and cultural analysis of contemporary Romania by seven Harvard-connected co -authors)
Read introductory pages
ROMANIA: Valeur de l'Architecture Autochtone
Silvia Paun - an viausl collection with bi-lingual text (Ro and Fr) on the history and evolution of architecture in Romania, Per Omnes Artes, Bucharest 2003
ROMANIAN REVOLUTION OF DECEMBER 1989
Peter Siani-Davies, Cornell Univ Press (Ithaca, NY)
Coup d'etat or revolution? Read the book for an answer.
SHORT HISTORY OF ROMANIA
Ion Bulei, Meronia Publishers (Bucharest, Romania), 2005. Excellent, concise, history with good sources.
SIEBENBUERGEN IM FLUG
Georg Gerster and Marin Rill, Wort und Welt (Munich)
(Aerial views of fortified Saxon villages in Transylvania by internationally famous photographer, German text)
Hard to get. Try: http://shop.transylvaniatravel.net/
VANISHING HECTARE
Katherine Verdery, Cornell University Press
(Land reforms in post-communist times)
BRANCUSI - Sophrosyne or Wisdom of the Earth
Ion Pogorilovschi, Universalia Publishers, New York, 2005 (Excellent analysis of sources of Brancusi's creativity)
CAVES BEYOND TIME
Cristian Lascu, GESS (Bucharest)
(Photographic study of Romania caves, history and speleology. Can be ordered in limited number from Romania contact)
DADA: Zurich, Berlin, Hanover, Cologne, New York, Paris
Published by National Art Gallery Wash DC (Published by National Art Gallery, Wash, DC, 2005 - exhibit catalog of Romanian influenced Dada art movement early 1900s)
EMINESCU Selected Poems
Adrian George Sahlean (cv), Prospero Books (Needham, MA)
(Award winning translations of the eminent poet's work)
ETHNOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF ROMANIA (Vol 1 & Vol 2)
Dr. I. Ghinoiu et al, 2004, 2005
First 2 of 5 volumes - 3-5 to be published by 2006-2007
(Can be read at Peabody Library (Harvard), Rockefeller Library (Brown Univ), Cosmos Club - Wash DC)
FLYING AGAINST THE ARROW: An Intellectual in Ceausescu's Romania
Horia-Roman Patapievici, Central European Univ. Press (Budapest 2003)
[Diaries and thoughts of an intellectual's evolution in communist Romania]
FORTRESSES OF FAITH
Alan Ogden, Center for Romanian Studies (Portland)
(An evocative book with large format b&w photos of Saxon villages)
IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LIFE
Carmen Firan and Virginia Joffe, Umbrage Editions (New York) - English and Romanian
("A poetic celebration in words and photographs of contemporary Romania, by noted New York photographer Virginia Joffe and Romanian poet Carmen Firan.")
MARAMURES: The Wooden Architecture of,
Ana Barca and Dan Dinescu, Humanitas (Bucharest)
(Beautifully designed with b&w photos of unique wooden architecture and construction work)
MARAMURES
Kosei Miya, Humanitas (Bucharest)
MASKS
Georgeta Rosu, Peasant Museum (Bucharest)
(In Romanian, English & French, an elegantly designed book of masks from the Museum)
MERRY CEMETERY OF SAPANTA
Maramures cemetery epitaphs translated by Adrian Sahlean and essay by Sanda Golopentia. Purple Martin Press (NY) 2007
MONSTER OF GOD
David Quammen, WW Norton (New York)
(About 100 pages are devoted to the history and plight of the bear in Romania in "Shadow of the Nine-Toed Bear" and its fate under Ceausescu and now)
MY SECOND UNIVERSITY: Memories from Romanian Communist Prisons
Dan S. Dusleag and Stanciu Stroia, iUniverse, (Lincoln, Nebraska), 2005
(A memoir of Dr. Stanciu Stroia's years in several communist-era prisons edited by his grandson Dr. Dusleag)
PREZIOSI IN ROMANIA
Adrian-Silvan Ionescu, Noi Media Print, Bucharest, 2003
(Paintings of Amedeo Preziosi depicting Romania in the 1860s-1870s)
ROMANIA: Borderland of Europe
Lucian Boia, Reaktion Books (London)
(Very readable big picture of Romanian history and contemporary challenges)
ROMANIA: The Humble Sport of Splendor
Photographs (duatone) of Romanian peasant life by Razvan Voiculescu with an introduction by Horia-Roman Patapievici. Humanitas (Bucharest), 2005 (Superb photographic essay on everyday life through informal portraits of people at home or work)
ROMANIAN MODERNISM: The Architecture of Bucharest, 1920-1940
Luminita Machedon and Ernie Scoffham, MIT Press (Cambridge, Mass.), 1999
ROMANIA REDUX: A View from Harvard - amazon.com
Dan Dimancescu, et al. BtF Press (Cambridge, Mass.)
(Economic and cultural analysis of contemporary Romania by seven Harvard-connected co -authors)
Read introductory pages
ROMANIA: Valeur de l'Architecture Autochtone
Silvia Paun - an viausl collection with bi-lingual text (Ro and Fr) on the history and evolution of architecture in Romania, Per Omnes Artes, Bucharest 2003
ROMANIAN REVOLUTION OF DECEMBER 1989
Peter Siani-Davies, Cornell Univ Press (Ithaca, NY)
Coup d'etat or revolution? Read the book for an answer.
SHORT HISTORY OF ROMANIA
Ion Bulei, Meronia Publishers (Bucharest, Romania), 2005. Excellent, concise, history with good sources.
SIEBENBUERGEN IM FLUG
Georg Gerster and Marin Rill, Wort und Welt (Munich)
(Aerial views of fortified Saxon villages in Transylvania by internationally famous photographer, German text)
Hard to get. Try: http://shop.transylvaniatravel.net/
VANISHING HECTARE
Katherine Verdery, Cornell University Press
(Land reforms in post-communist times)
Copyright © D. Dimancescu, Cambridge, MA.
WHAT'S NEW IN BUCHAREST BOOKSTORES:
For a listing and short description (in Romanian) of current titles on sale in Bucharest see the "online gallery" of cultural activities and events
ON LINE BOOKS: go to
Romanian booksdescriptions w. on line with downloads
On line site for buying books from various Romanian publishers:
www.librariilehumanitas.ro
For a listing and short description (in Romanian) of current titles on sale in Bucharest see the "online gallery" of cultural activities and events
ON LINE BOOKS: go to
Romanian booksdescriptions w. on line with downloads
On line site for buying books from various Romanian publishers:
www.librariilehumanitas.ro
