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This 1993 novel was rejuvenated when Müller won the Nobel Prize. It is powerful, but tough going and I struggled through (but felt it!). A series of sketches of life as a college-educated political dissident under CeauÈ™escu, with constant harassment, abuse, economic strain and suicides. Relentlessly bleak.

Trying to get into this view of Romania under CeauÈ™escu. Normally I easily embrace these impressionistic sketches. But I‘ve been reading fun stuff lately, including a lot of Chaucer, and I think I‘m struggling a bit to be a properly horrified mindset. 🙂 Anyway, getting going.

Challenging novel by a #nobelprize winning author about a group of young people living in Romania during Ceausescu‘s reign. Vivid picture of living through a surveillance police state, though I also felt kept at arms length, either because I don‘t have a good background in the era, or it was too personal for the author to really let us in to her experience.

It‘s that time again â�¤ï¸�â�¤ï¸�â�¤ï¸� Beautiful flowers! Goes somehow well with the book #Romania #readingtheworld

I'm so bad at finding books for the photo challenges! But here's #fruit for #maybookflowers! Anyone who's read it? I haven't, but I love the edition. And hey, this one has an eye on it as well �

This looks like such a great list! Thanks @bookriot

http://bookriot.com/2016/04/28/around-world-80-books-global-reading-list/

The book I tagged is from Romania 🇷🇴 and on my tbr!

Women always need other women to lean on. They become friends in order to hate each other better. The more they hate each other, the more inseparable they become.