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Train to Trieste. Domnica Radulescu439 руб
She can think of nothing and no one else. In the summer of 1977, seventeen-year-old Mona Manoliu falls in love with Mihai, a mysterious boy who lives in the romantic mountain city where she spends her summers. Hunger, paranoia and fear infect everyone. But life under Nicolae Ceausescu is difficult. One day Mona sees Mihai wearing the black leather jacket favored by the secret police. is it possible he is one of them? As food shortages worsen and more of her loved ones disappear, Mona comes to understand that she must leave Romania. But she leaves without saying a final goodbye to Mihai. She escapes in secret - narrowly avoiding the police - through Yugoslavia to Italy, and finally to Chicago. An extraordinary debut, Train to Trieste is a beautiful, powerful and intriguing love story that moves from passionate infatuation to profound understanding. And though she struggles to bury her longing for the past she finds herself compelled to return, determined to learn the truth about her one great love. 2009. Told in an astonishingly original, poetic voice Domnica Radulescu has shown herself to be a remarkable writer. |