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Through the Lens of the Past

Summary/Abstract: Although it falls within the temporal boundaries of the first novel (Valentina, 2023) in the planned Arad Trilogy, Cartea lui Cezar (The Book of Cezar) by Angela Martin (Polirom Publishing House, 2024) introduces significant points of divergence. The text’s coordinates—geography, chronology, and emphasis—shift. The authorial gaze moves away from the Transylvanian setting of the previous half-century and transitions instead to reveal Bucharest, Paris, and Nancy in the late 1960s, around events such as the Prague Spring and the Paris uprisings. This strategy frames Cezar Grozescu’s Bildungsroman within a political context.

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