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Matei Brunul
Translated from the Romanian by Alistair Ian Blyth
ABOUT
THE BOOK
The year is 1959, one of the darkest periods of Romania’s communist regime. Political prisoner Bruno Matei, a puppeteer of Italian ancestry, has been released from jail a broken man, suffering from amnesia. An uneasy relationship forms between ‘Matei Brunul’ and Bojin, the secret policeman who keeps him under constant surveillance. Gradually, the secret police try to remold Matei’s mind by rewriting his past. In parallel, a harrowing second narrative reveals Matei’s prison experiences.
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Alistair
Ian Blyth
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
Romania
Original Language
Romanian
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Translator
Alistair Ian Blyth
Translation
Translated from the Romanian by Alistair Ian Blyth
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