“IN TWO SUITCASES AND THREE BUNDLES” OR BASARABIA - BUFFER LAND. NONPLACE REPRESENTATION IN THE NOVEL ’BESSARABIA’ BY PAUL GOMA
“IN TWO SUITCASES AND THREE BUNDLES” OR BASARABIA - BUFFER LAND. NONPLACE REPRESENTATION IN THE NOVEL ’BESSARABIA’ BY PAUL GOMA

Summary/Abstract: In the study “In two suitcases and three bundles” or Basarabia - buffer land are highlighted the main theoretical ideas related to Heidegger's concept of “open place” which became the sine qua non condition of existence. At the same time, the emphasis is on the interpretation of the correlative couple of existential significance "here-there" as a brand for locus/non-locus relationship. It is studied the impact of the phenomenon of exile on Romanian writings after 1945. The reason for interpreting the work of Paul Goma is the fact that his destiny is an emblematic case of an exile from the Romanian culture. In this context, the study of the novel describing the picture of a journey “in two suitcases and three bundles” of the uprooted and landless Basarabian, will outline the image of a split personality, undermined by the passion of writing, caught in its path crossing from a “contagious” unhappiness towards a possible “paradise” which remains always suspended. Beyond the theoretical components, the emphasis will be on the text analysis of the novel Basarabia, where, with the aid of narrative and logic of the included middle, it reveals the idea of irreversible destruction of identity. The refuge draws a parabolic path, determined by the need of unmasking, the return of the character physically absent, however present through the history to which it belongs.

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