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Star Maker: "A Prodigious Novel"
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“Star Maker”, regarded as one of the true classics of science fiction, Star Maker is a poetic and deeply philosophical work. The story details the mental journey of an unnamed narrator who is transported not only to other worlds but also other galaxies and parallel universes, until he eventually becomes part of the "cosmic mind." First published in 1937, Olaf Stapledon's descriptions of alien life are a political commentary on human life in the turbulent inter-war years. The book challenges preconceived notions of intelligence and awareness, and ultimately argues for a broadened perspective that would free us from culturally ingrained thought and our inevitable anthropomorphism. This is the first scholarly edition of a book that influenced such writers as C.S. Lewis and Arthur C. Clarke and which Jorge Luis Borges called "a prodigious novel."? Some Books of Stapledon: Last and First Men (1930) Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord (1944) Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest (1935) Last Men in London (1932) A Modern Magician (1979) Death into Life (1946) Darkness and the Light (1942) A World of Sound (1936) A Man Divided (1950) The Seed and the Flower (1916)
The Life of Our Lord in Simple Language for Little Children
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In preparing this brief account of the chief incidents in Our Lord's Life, the writer has endeavoured to keep as close as possible to the sacred text; its divine simplicity being far preferable to any other style of writing the story. The easiest words and those most familiar to children have generally been used and every effort has been made to adapt the volume to the intelligence of the young with the view of instilling into their minds the love of our Saviour for mankind as shown in the beautiful story of His life. ? KING DAVID. In ages past God made the world: the earth, the sea, the hills, the streams, the trees; the fish, birds and beasts; last of all He made Adam, the first man, and Eve his wife, and they lived in the Garden of Eden. They were quite good at first, but tempted by Satan they ate the fruit of a tree God told them not to eat, and that brought sin into the world; they could not live for ever now, they must die; but that their souls might go to heaven, God's own Son said He would come down on earth and die to save them. God said His Son should be born of Abraham's nation, and should be one of the sons of the line of King David, who sang the sweet psalms in praise of God. Abraham was a good man, so good that God called him His friend; and from him came the people called Jews. David was one of their kings. God always keeps His word, but He makes men wait till it is His time to do as He says; and it was a long, long time after Abraham and David that our Lord came to live among men. At last God sent His angel Gabriel to a young maiden, named Mary, who lived at a town called Nazareth, to tell her that God loved her, and that she should have God's Son for her own son. Our Lord would be her little babe. When Mary saw the angel she was at first afraid, but he said to her, "Fear not, Mary," and he told her that she must call the child's name Jesus—that means Saviour—for He would save the people from their sins. Then Mary must have been glad. She said, "I am God's servant; may His will be done." Mary was to be the wife of her cousin Joseph—they were both of David's family—so the angel went and told him too, that Mary should have God's Son for her own, and that he must call the child Jesus.
El saludo de las brujas
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Un amor apasionado que se vuelve imposible. La historia de un príncipe que no amaba a su esposa la cual termina yéndose con un plebeyo. Las calles de París están en esta novela invadidas de intrigas, conspiraciones e ambiciones...
The Double
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-THE DOUBLE- centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his exact double in appearance but confident, aggressive, and extroverted, characteristics that are the polar opposites to those of the toadying "pushover" protagonist. ??The motif of the novella is a doppelganger (Russian "dvoynik"), known throughout the world in various guises such as the fetch. * * *? It was a little before eight o’clock in the morning when Yakov Petrovitch Golyadkin, a titular councillor, woke up from a long sleep. He yawned, stretched, and at last opened his eyes completely.?For two minutes, however, he lay in his bed without moving, as though he were not yet quite certain whether he were awake or still asleep, whether all that was going on around him were real and actual, or the continuation of his confused dreams. ??Very soon, however, Mr. Golyadkin’s senses began more clearly and more distinctly to receive their habitual and everyday impressions. The dirty green, smoke-begrimed, dusty walls of his little room, with the mahogany chest of drawers and chairs, the table painted red, the sofa covered with American leather of a reddish colour with little green flowers on it, and the clothes taken off in haste overnight and flung in a crumpled heap on the sofa, looked at him familiarly. At last the damp autumn day, muggy and dirty, peeped into the room through the dingy window pane with such a hostile, sour grimace that Mr. Golyadkin could not possibly doubt that he was not in the land of Nod, but in the city of Petersburg, in his own flat on the fourth storey of a huge block of buildings in Shestilavotchny Street.
The Fairy Ring
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"THERE was once upon a time a king who had a garden; in that garden was an apple tree, and on that apple tree grew a golden apple every year."?These stories are the golden apples that grew on the tree in the king's garden; grew and grew and grew as the golden years went by; and being apples of gold they could never wither nor shrink nor change, so that they are as beautiful and precious for you to pluck today as when first they ripened long, long ago.??Perhaps you do not care for the sort of golden apples that grew in the king's garden; perhaps you prefer plain russets or green pippins? Well, these are not to be despised, for they also are wholesome food for growing boys and girls; but unless you can taste the flavor and feel the magic that lies in the golden apples of the king's garden you will lose one of the joys of youth.??No one can help respecting apples (or stories) that gleam as brightly today as they did hundreds and thousands of years ago, when first the tiny blossoms ripened into precious fruit.??"Should you ask me whence these stories,?Whence these legends and traditions?With the odors of the forest,?With the dew and damp of meadows?"—??I can say only that the people were telling fairy tales in Egypt, in Joseph's time, more than three thousand years ago; and that grand old Homer told them in the famous "Odyssey," with its witches and giants, its cap of darkness, and shoes of swiftness. Old nurses and village crones have repeated them by the fireside and in the chimney corner; shep-herds and cowherds have recounted them by the brookside, until the children of the world have all learned them by heart, bequeathing them, generation after generation, as a priceless legacy to their own children. Nor must you fancy that they have been told in your own tongue only. Long, long before the art of printing was known, men and women of all nations recited these and similar tales to one another, never thinking that the day would come when they would be regarded as the peculiar property of youth and childhood. ?
Baletul fantasmelor
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Un nou gen de proz? literar?? A?a s-ar p?rea, dac? pornim de la separarea ?n con?tient ?i incon?tient a sinelui uman, aprofundat? magistral de marele psihiatru elve?ian C.G. Jung ?n celebra ?i monumentala sa Carte Ro?ie. Dumitru Popescu are o bogat? oper? literar?-fic?ional? ?i nonfic?ional? – inspirat? din yona con?tientului. Baletul fantasmelor ne propune sondarea cu mijloace literare a celeilalte zone a spiritului, cu origini ?i mecanisme ?nc? greu decelabile ?i care deschide o alt? fabuloas? perspectiv? a l?untricului omenesc.
The Scottish Fairy Book
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There are, roughly speaking, two distinct types of Scottish Fairy Tales. There are what may be called "Celtic Stories," which were handed down for centuries by word of mouth by professional story-tellers, who went about from clachan to clachan in the "High-lands and Islands," earning a night's shelter by giving a night's entertainment, and which have now been collected and classified for us by Campbell of Isla and others.??These stories, which are also common to the North of Ireland, are wild and fantastic, and very often somewhat monotonous, and their themes are strangely alike. They almost always tell of some hero or heroine who sets out on some dangerous quest, and who is met by giants, generally three in number, who appear one after the other; with whom they hold quaint dialogues, and whom eventually they slay. Most of them are fairly long, and although they have a peculiar fascination of their own, they are quite distinct from the ordinary Fairy Tale.
Momente ?i schi?e. Nuvele ?i povestiri
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Caragiale a delimitat si impus teritoriul dramaturgiei romanesti cu numai cinci piese patru comedii si o drama scrise pe durata a doar unsprezece ani. Timp de un secol si peste trei decenii cat a trecut pana astazi de la prima lectura publica a Noptii furtunoase cea dintai dintre marile lui piese perimetrul problematic de viziune stilistic si tipologic al teatrului romanesc atat in registrul comediei cat si in cel al dramei fie aceasta ?de idei“ fantastica ori mitologizanta a ramas cel stabilit de Caragiale. Pentru literatura dramatica romaneasca el a avut si are acelasi rol ca in literatura franceza Corneille Racine si Molière laolalta. I-a fixat pentru eternitate probabil tiparele si ?ntinderea specificul si frontierele. MIRCEA IORGULESCU
Proz?
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Tr?ind de azi pe m?ine ?ntr-un Bucure?ti plin de tenta?ii, dar consumator de resurse, studentul la Drept Mihnea B?iatu nu ?i-a dat examenele, iar ob?inerea licen?ei ?ncepe s? semene cu un vis imposibil. A ?nv??at ?ns? cum s? c??tige ?ncrederea cet??enilor s?raci cu duhul – ?i nu e pu?in lucru. Plasat ?ntr-un decor suburban, cu personaje caragialiene, Mihnea B?iatu se ?nscrie ?ns?, f?r? doar ?i poate, ?n tipologia eroilor lui Gib I. Mih?escu, urm?ri?i de idealul femeii absolute. Expert ?n practicile ?amorului democrat“ ?i ?n escrocarea cu sistem – erotic? ?i financiar? – a propriet?reselor de mahala, eternul student d? nas ?n nas pe culoarele universit??ii cu femeia perfect?, care-l scruteaz? ?i ea, cu acela?i interes, prin lentila unui lornion de aur…
Patty in the City
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It was the third week in September when the Fairfields left the seashore and returned to their Vernondale home.??“Now, my child,” said Mr. Fairfield, as they sat on the veranda after dinner, “I will unfold to you my plans for the coming winter, and you may accept, or reject, or amend them as you please.”??“Proceed,” said Patty, settling herself comfortably in her wicker chair; “I feel in an amiable mood this evening, and will probably agree to anything you may suggest.”??“I’ve been thinking for some time,” went on her father, “that I don’t want to spend the coming winter in Vernondale. I would much rather be in New York.”??“Reason number one—Nan,” said Patty, checking it off on her forefinger and smiling at her father.?“Yes,” he responded, with an answering smile, “she is reason number one, but there are others.”?To readers who are unfamiliar with Patty’s earlier history we may say right here that her mother had died when Patty was but three years old. ??At present she lived with her father in their little home in Vernondale, an establishment of which Patty greatly prided herself on her management.?Recently Mr. Fairfield had become engaged to Miss Nan Allen, a young lady who lived in Philadelphia, and who was a dear friend of Patty’s.
Adela
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n finalul romanului Donna Alba mtile personajelor cad. Mihai Aspru a vrut doar s-o stpneasc“ pe trufaa aristocrat, mbrcndu-i dorina n podoabe strlucitoare luate din cri. n schimb, Georges Radu erban, soul nelat, boier rigid taxat maliios de ctre narator, se dovedete un veritabil erou tragic, sinucigndu-se din dragoste, ca personajul lui Dostoievski.Ct o privete pe Alba, obiectul obsesiei ndelung elaborate, ea e un personaj de film din anii ‘30: femeia fatal, provocatoare de nenorociri pentru brbaii care o iubesc. Intriga dinamic, colorat de suspans, ajunge la o rezolvare cu happy end, care ar fi putut prea facil dac naratorul n-ar fi introdus un accent original de autoironie i umor negru, chiar n legtur cu ultima apariie a Albei. Foarte frumoas n valurile negre de mare doliu, dar deloc ndurerat, ea i apare brbatului ca un nger al morii, promindu-i o primejdioas fericire.
Les Cages flottantes: Premières Aventures de Chéri-Bibi - Tome I
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Le terrible Chéri-Bibi réussit, avec ses compagnons d'infortune, à se rendre ma?tre du navire qui le conduit au bagne de Cayenne. Il raconte qu'il a été accusé à tort du meurtre du marquis du Touchais dont le fils a épousé Cécily, la fille de son patron, dont il était lui-même fort amoureux. Or, le jeune marquis, qui trompe sa femme, passe avec son yacht à proximité du navire...
Mo?tenitorii
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„Romanele ?i povestirile lui Golding nu sunt numai parabole morale sobre ?i mituri întunecate despre for?ele distrug?toare ?i perfide ale r?ului, ci ?i istorii aventuroase, pline de farmec, ce pot fi citite ca atare, debordând de pl?cerea de a povesti, de inventivitate ?i suspans.“ – Comitetul Nobel „Compact ?i plin de vigoare… O poveste captivant?.“ – The New York Times Book Review „Golding a fost un scriitor […] cu o minunat? voca?ie epopeic?. [S-a priceput s? spun?] pove?ti originare, despre cum a înv??at omul s? vorbeasc?, despre izvoarele r?ului, despre straniile surse ale artei.“ – Malcom Bradbury Clasici moderni Litera pune laolalt? scriitori moderni ale c?ror opere au devenit deja repere clasice. Cele mai importante, mai provocatoare, mai emo?ionante, mai revolu?ionare opere din ultimii 125 de ani – c?r?i care vor continua s? fie citite de la o genera?ie la alta.
Portretul lui Dorian Gray
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Kafka se pricepe s dezvluie pretutindeni lumina tinuit. Ai impresia c descoperi o mare nsorit, cu valuri ce sunt niri de lumin i n faa creia trebuie s nchizi, orbit, ochii, pentru a te adposti la umbr.“ (Max Brod) Kafka este cel mai mare scriitor de limb german al timpului nostru. Poei precum Rilke, romancieri precum Mann par fies pleasc n comparaie cu el, fie s radieze o lumin puternic, dar artificial.“ (Vladimir Nabokov) Poate cel mai interesant scriitor al generaiei sale... Un geniu straniu i deconcertant.“ (Edwin Muir) Cu ct opera e mai desvrit, cu att mai puin ne trimite ea spre autorul ei. [...] Franz Kafka este scriitorul care i-a consumat experiena de via n asemenea msur, nct referirea la biografie devine superflu.“ (Martin Walser)
?nc? o zi
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Volumul al treilea din seria N?scu?i ?n cea?? Am?gi?i s? elibereze spiritul r?u N?ruire ?n timp ce ?ncercau s? ?nchid? F?nt?na ?n?l??rii, noul ?mp?rat Elend Venture ?i so?ia lui, asasina Vin, se str?duiesc s? salveze lumea de Inchizitorii uciga?i ai N?ruirii, de ce?urile letale ?i insidioase numite Ad?ncime ?i de c?derile tot mai masive de cenu?? neagr? care amenin?? s? ?ngroape p?m?nturile ?i s?-i ucid? prin ?nfometare pe locuitorii lor. Pe c?nd caut? ultimul depozit secret de atiu al fostului ?mp?rat, sursa celor mai puternice energii ale N?scu?ilor din Cea??, cei doi ?nfrunt? at?t for?ele N?ruirii, c?t ?i mon?tri ?i puteri amintite ?n profe?ii. ?Un apogeu dramatic ?i surprinz?tor… Saga lui Sanderson are personaje complexe ?i o intrig? fascinant?, pun?nd ?ntreb?ri serioase despre loialitate, credin?? ?i responsabilitate."Publishers Weekly Seria N?scu?i din cea?? este o trilogie, la care a fost ad?ugat ulterior un al patrulea volum a c?rui ac?iune se petrece la 300 de ani dup? evenimentele din seria original?.
Cotloane ?ntunecate
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A fost odat? o fat?… care avea o umbr?. Al treilea volum al trilogiei Alb?-ca-z?pada.Trupa de teatru a unui liceu de art? pune ?n scen? o versiune modern? a basmului Alb? ca Z?pada, cu Lumikki Andersson ?n rolul principal. Repeti?iile merg bine, iar ?ntre Lumikki ?i b?iatul care-l interpreteaz? pe v?n?tor pare s? existe o chimie palpabil?. Oare Lumikki s-a ?ndr?gostit pentru prima oar??Cu pu?in ?nainte de premier?, lui Lumikki ?i parvine un ?ir de scrisori semnate de un admirator secret, a c?rui pasiune pentru ea se preschimb? rapid ?ntr-o obsesie periculoas?.?ncerc?nd s? afle adev?rata identitate a h?r?uitorului, Lumikki trebuie s? aduc? la lumin? cele mai sumbre secrete din propriul trecut. Iar cum premiera spectacolului se apropie cu repeziciune, Lumikki trebuie s?-l prind? ?n capcan? pe h?r?uitorul s?u, cu sufletul negru ca abanosul.?Motive din basme, intrig? poli?ist?, dileme ale lumii de azi – o lectur? nu tocmai u?oar?, care nu-i menajeaz? nici pe cei mai tineri dintre cititori.“ – Kirkus Reviews?Fanii lui Nesb? ?i ai lui Larsson nu vor fi dezam?gi?i.“ – Publishers WeeklyLumikki Andersson. O fat? din Riihim?ki. Care are o opinie ferm? despre fiecare lucru. Care ia note maxime ?i la fizic?, ?i la filosofie. Care a jucat rolul Ofeliei at?t de bine, ?nc?t vreo doi profesori s-au enervat, iar restul au fost emo?iona?i. Care nu ia parte la niciun eveniment al ?colii. Care mereu m?n?nc? de una singur?, dar nu pare niciodat? singuratic?. Nu e precum ceilal?i. Este exact ca ei.
Banda celor ?ase ciori. Primul volum al seriei
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Bestseller New York TimesUn roman din seria inspectorul Guido BrunettiCelebra c?nt?rea?? de oper? Flavia Petrelli reapare cu totul nea?teptat ?n via?a inspectorului de poli?ie Guido Brunetti.Flavia, care o interpreteaz? acum pe Floria Tosca din faimoasa oper? a lui Puccini, ?i m?rturise?te c? un admirator necunoscut a urmat-o de la Londra la Sankt Petersburg ?i la Vene?ia, cople?ind-o cu buchete imense de trandafiri galbeni. Pe m?sur? ce admiratorul invadeaz? via?a c?nt?re?ei, Brunetti ?ncearc? s? afle identitatea acestuia. Inspectorul ??i d? seama c? Flavia e ?n pericol c?nd un coleg de-al ei este r?nit grav.Va reu?i Brunetti s? intre ?n mintea admiratorului psihopat ?nainte ca Flavia sau altcineva din preajma ei s? p??easc? ceva r?u?"Un roman care are grandoarea unui spectacol de oper?… Seria Inspectorul Brunetti nu ?i-a pierdut deloc prospe?imea. Acesta e talentul extraordinar al Donnei Leon. Scriitura ei are exuberan?a unei opere de Puccini." - Independent (UK)"C?r?ile Donnei Leon se remarc? prin pitorescul locurilor unde se petrece ac?iunea ?i farmecul personajelor." - New York Times Book ReReview"Reapari?ia Flaviei ?i ofer? autoarei Donna Leon ocazia de a-?i exprima profunda dragoste pentru muzic? ?i de a construi o scen? magnific? ?ntre Flavia ?i admiratorul ei, scena ce reia finalul operei Tosca." - Booklist"Stilul elegant ?i expresiv al romanelor Donnei Leon face pentru Vene?ia ceea ce a f?cut Canaletto cu pensula ?i paleta de culori pentru cel mai seren dintre ora?e." - Daily Express
Eugenio Barba ?i m?rul de aur
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M? numesc Gicu ?i sunt poli?ist. Mama crede c? a?a mi-a fost scris ?n marea carte a vie?ii, s? fiu poli?ist, ?i c?, de?i totul pare ?mpotriva mea, Dumnezeu are compasiune pentru mine ?i m? va ajuta. Sunt poli?ist la sec?ia 66 din Bucure?ti, la ordine public?. Acum sunt ?n ?nt?rziere la o ?nt?lnire conspirativ?. Eram decis s? nu m? las impresionat de ceea ce urma s? v?d.De la Universitate o iau pe jos. Ajung t?rziu la ?nt?lnire. Discu?iile introductive au durat mai mult dec?t ar fi fost necesar ?i pentru o clip? m-am ?ntrebat dac? nu era o ?nscenare, ?ns? am respins ideea.
Spirit, imagini ?i ?n?elesuri
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Gndul c a fi putut-o sugruma pe sora mea mai mic, adormit n patul de sub mine i pe care o iubeam mai mult dect orice altceva pe lume. Nu o nebunie slbatic, ci una aproape n joac. O sugestie lene, somnoroas, maliioas, care prea s atepte acolo de mult vreme.“ Acolo, adic n pivnia ntunecoas a fiinei. Gnduri ceoase, impulsuri obscure, vinovii fr vin, acuzaii difuze. Inexplicabilul sau inavuabilul resimite ca reacie fireasc. Benign demonism infantil, dincolo de logic i de orice explicaie. i totul n caruselul Relaiei, cadrul obsedant al acestor istorii de via amar, pestri, derizorie. Relaii ntre prini i copii, surori i frai, bunici i nepoi, unchi, mtui, vecini. Cu avorturi, adultere, accidente, sinucideri, apendicite, bovarism, sex aiurea, decizii pripite de nunt i desprire. Gelozie ntre surori, ura fetiei fa de predicile mamei, Parkinson i Alzheimer, Toronto i Vancouver, baluri provinciale, paralizii, primele fantazri erotice ale vrstei nubile, rochia mamei, azilul, recuperri sentimentale dup jumtate de veac, apologia vieii neinhibate“, dar i rigorile inflexibile ale unui mediu intens irizat religios. Pe scurt, via. Mai precis: draga noastr via. Cea pe care adesea uitm s-o trim, necum s-o mai i gndim.
Puzzle
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Azi tr?im o Miori?? r?sturnat?, lumea, ?gur? de rai“, transformat? ?ntr-o lume din ce ?n ce mai mercantil? ?i vanificant?, o lume a g?ndirii economice, cu omogenizarea, dispari?ia diferen?elor, omogenizarea sexelor, a binelui ?i a r?ului, a?a-zisul ?global village“; lumea virtual? care gole?te realitatea, pentru a o umple ?n loc cu ?emo?ii“ dozate de al?ii, ?n tentativa de colectivizare ?i dirijare a sentimentelor ?i g?ndirii oamenilor.Revolu?ia rom?n? a fost o revolu?ie a jertfei mioritice, a tinerilor care au opus r?ului piepturile goale, care a dat, ciudat rod, o societate a corup?iei morale: ea a fost contrapus? ?colhozului global“, at?t sub sensul colectivistic al colhozului comunist, c?t ?i al aceluia omologant, dup? o unic? m?sur?, al popoarelor ?i al valorilor.Cine va recrea punctele cardinale, utopia paradisului mioritic? Noul Ierusalim?Poate c? Miori?a, prin for?a ei spiritual?, ne va reda punctele cardinale ?i pe noi, cei r?t?ci?i de noi, nou? ?n?ine. Altfel, moartea Miori?ei, cea din urm? mioar?, ar fi moartea noastr? a tuturor.
La gurile Africii
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Roman inspirat din istoria contemporan?, Puzzle realizeaz? o viziune cuprinz?toare a voca?iei rom?nilor de-a armoniza ?ntr-un mod necunoscut celorlalte ??ri europene (Constantin Noica) dou? mentalit??i istorice?te opuse: oriental? ?i occidental?. ?n centrul c?r?ii se afl? un singur personaj – profesorul pensionar Neghibaur – ?n jurul c?ruia se dispun faptele ?i oamenii ca pe un ecran al imagina?iei, observa?iei ?i experien?ei fostului dasc?l. Construc?ie dens? ?i insolit?, romanul se re?ine ?i prin deschiderea de amploare ?i de ad?ncime asupra mecanismelor ascunse ale reac?iilor suflete?ti individuale determinate de importantele schimb?ri sociale intervenite ?n via?a ??rii dup? Revolu?ia din Decembrie, 1989.
