Transylvania and Beyond: A Travel MemoirDervla Murphy spent eight months in Transylvania - and beyond - sharing the everyday lives of ordinary Rumanians. Her book describes a journey on two levels - wandering through the remotest corners of the Carpathians, on foot or by bicycle, and into the often daunting mental terrain of a post-Communist society where nothing was quite what it seemed. |
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Dispossessed on the Frontier | 1 |
Hospitality from the State | 19 |
Disabled on the Road | 32 |
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