Despre lucrurile cu adevarat importante by Alexandru Paleologu

After his At Medeleni series, his books became popular items on bookstore shelves'. Īccording to the Romanian newspaper Jurnalul Național, ' At Medeleni is the book that sealed the literary reputation of the novelist, who, at the age of 30, was already nationally renowned. At Medeleni attains the ineffability of sensation and opens with a writing style torn between suffering and voluptuousness, a vertiginous perspective evoking baroque aesthetics. They remarked that At Medeleni is a good illustration of life in Romania in the 1920s. In 1995, a group of experts from Aix-Marseille University reviewed the trilogy and highlighted that Teodoreanu was traditionally considered by Romanians as the novelist of childhood. Miron Radu Paraschivescu claimed that Olguța is one of the most successful characters in Teodoreanu's literary works. After the death of Olguța, the Deleanu family sells the estate. She plans to marry him and go to America, but she discovers that she has cancer. Olguța falls in love with Vania, an older man. Daniel realizes at the end that he is in love with Monica as well. Monica is in love with Daniel throughout the novel. She is gentle, generous and always jumps in to help others. Monica ensures the balance between the siblings, who are in a continuous argument. He often dreams about saving Monica but is awakened by his sister from time to time. ĭaniel tends to be calm but can often lose his patience and becomes nervous because of his sister, Olguța. According to her father, Olguța is an 'angelic devil, a mixture of purity and inclinations towards little malice.' She is constantly shaking, does not accept contradiction, and tries to subordinate everything that surrounds her. The plot is centred around two siblings, Daniel and Olguța (Romanian: a]) Deleanu, and their step sister, Monica. Synopsis Īt Medeleni is a novel about an idealised childhood and adolescence, designed in an Edenic patriarchal setting. On May 21 2016, the mansion became a museum in memoriam of Ionel Teodoreanu. Teodoreanu’s inspiration for the novels came from a mansion on the bank of the river Prut where friends from the literary world would gather. The trilogy includes: The Fickle Border ( Romanian: Hotarul Nestatornic) published in 1925, Roads (Romanian: Drumuri) published in 1926, and Between the Winds (Romanian: Între Vânturi) published in 1927. The books were set in the village of Medeleni, in Iași County, Romania.

La Medeleni (English: At Medeleni) is a trio of novels written by Ionel Teodoreanu.

Cover of the 1984 edition (as La Medeleni), published by Cartea Românescă

Despre lucrurile cu adevarat importante by Alexandru Paleologu