Matei Brunul Jewish Róbert Gál―whom Joshua Cohen has

Róbert Gál―whom Joshua Cohen has called “a phenomenon”―conducts a noble experiment in uncategorizable prose

While in San Francisco

at its worst by a cynicism that nonetheless turns a bitter smile upon the changing world

defensive figure in the café

and in 1999

Matei Brunul Jewish Róbert Gál―whom Joshua Cohen hasBy Lucian Dan Teodorovici Translated by Alistair Ian Blyth ISBN: 9781943150236 Description The year is 1959, one of the darkest periods of Romanias 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