Clutching a bouquet of flowers, hurrying to catch his bus, and arguing with the driver once he's on, a man rushes to a train station platform to meet a woman. This sequence of events occurs and recur
A man, a writer, lives alone in a rather squalid Paris apartment. He is trying to write a novel, but he has nothing to say. He tries multiple beginnings, interspersed with one digression (but from wh
From these few elements, Romanian author Dumitru Tsepeneag builds a dreamlike world both ancient and contemporary, and as mesmerizing as that in his critically acclaimed Vain Art of the Fugue. Praise
The author-narrator, a sarcastic Romanian eI?migreI? with a French wife, tells with great insight and humor the story of a young student's life and education as he passes from post-Ceausescu Romania
Though best known now for his novels, thiscollection of pre-exile short stories by the renowned Romanian author and“onirist” not only show Dumitru Tsepeneag at his best, but provide a glimpseinto the
The writer-narrator of The Bulgarian Truck has hit upon a new technique for constructing a novel, which he calls 'a building site beneath the open sky', but he can't seem to persuade his more widely r
La Belle Roumaine tells the story of Ana, a beautiful and bewitching Romanian woman. Shuttling between the capital cities of Europe, the novel follows Ana as she seduces café owners, philosophers, and
A director is trying to adapt a short story he once wrote for the screen. The story is about an isolated train station under threat by a giant eagle in a small town where rumors of war are rumbling. B
Now in its tenth year, Best European Fiction continues to be an essential resource for readers, critics, and publishers interested in contemporary European literature. This year’s anthology brings tog
