The encounter
By: by Gabriela Adameșteanu ; translated by Alistair Ian Blyth
Contributors: Blyth, Alistair Ian, translator
Edition: First edition.
Series: Romanian literature series; Romanian literature series
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781564789532
Subjects: Families; Romanian fiction; Fiction
Work titles: Întâlnirea
Description: Pushed around by ticket takers who demand his ticket in several languages, a middle aged man goes through a nightmare of hiding and getting away until he manages to cross a frontier guarded by soldiers and dogs. He's made it back to his native village. There he finds his whole family gathered around a big table, as if for a wedding, a baptism or a wake, but no one recognizes him, not even his mother.