Hate in Belleville
Hate in Belleville

Summary/Abstract: Paul Goma lives in Belleville. His recent book Basarabia (Bessarabia) ends with a breathtaking confession related to his Jewish neighbors: “I watch the elderly people in the street, poorly dressed, most of them leaning on walking sticks; judging by the acquisitions in their plastic bags, their “budget” is only slightly more significant than ours… I know them, I can feel them, I can see through them and their shabby coats, through the women’s rare hair, so rare it makes one cry, through the plastic texture of their empty wallets, through the fabric of their deflated bags… And I feel we are similar.[...]

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