#Romanian books

[thefugitivesaint]

Angi Petrescu-Tipărescu, ''Omul de Piatră'', 1974 Source

#angi petrescu tiparescu #angela petrescu tiparescu #romanian artists #omul de piatra #children's books #children's illustration #fairy tales

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

"[...] my soul was always snared by that gentle melancholy felt by too–sensitive beings, so sensitive that even caresses make them suffer, for whom even pleasure is a wound."

— Mateiu Caragiale, Rakes of the Old Court, 1929

#Mateiu Caragiale #Rakes of the Old Court #literature #romanian literature #spilled ink #quotes #book quotes #literary quotes #excerpts #book excerpt #lit #books #books and libraries #prose #interbellum #interbellum literature #quote #book quote

[mihai-florescu]

Hearing about popular childrens books in the english speaking world is funny. Warrior cats and animorphs werent a thing here but yknow what was? La Medeleni & Cireşarii. The first one is a coming of age series that follows 3 kids as they grow up, and it ends with one of the main characters knowing she has cancer, killing herself 2 days before she was to get engaged to the love of her life. In the epilogue the childhood home they grew up in, that shaped their entire story, is sold, and her brother and childhood friend decide to write the story of their memories to keep her and their past alive that way.

The other series follows a different adventure and mystery in every volume (from exploring caves to castles to the sea) and ends with the main characters discovering the poet Ovid's lost grave. The epilogue still haunts me, of the author speaking directly to the characters as everything is vanishing and turning to black around the streets they had treaded before, the protagonists knowing the end is near as the author puts them to sleep. "What will our friends say? Will you deprive me of them? I am nothing without them. You are cruel, the only one i could never conquer. You of all!" "It's time to part ways, it's late." (...) "Life flows. We are a second of the world's imagination" and then they wish each other a good journey, the end. One of the characters, the author's favorite, struggles even past the ending against the darkness, begging his beloved author to find one more adventure, one more story for them as he's fading away. "If only you knew how much i loved you!" "You're starting again? Can't you understand we're no longer in the book?..."

I want to reread these books soon with a new understanding than what i had when i was 10... what were the classic elementary school books you guys had?^_^

#i reread the drum buni cireşari epilogue tonight as you can tell #romanisme #yknow... we should get akira into romanian elementary-middle school books i think he'd enjoy all of this

[ancaxbre]

Illustrations for 'Ora culorilor'

Author: Cleopatra Lorintiu

Illustrator: Elena Boariu

1979

#ora culorilor #cleopatra lorintiu #elena boariu #elena boariu opris #romanisme #romanian artist #romanian art #illustration #vintage illustration #old books #art

[cinematic-literature]

Rotting in the Sun (2023) by Sebastián Silva

Book title: The Trouble with Being Born (De l'inconvénient d'être né in French; 1973) by Emil Cioran

#rotting in the sun #emil cioran #the trouble with being born #books in movies #french literature #sebastian silva #romanian literature

[ms-blaga]

n-am cuvinte 🤡

#literatura romana #romania #autori romani #romanian literature #books #romanisme #george calinescu #critica literara #feminism

[mynameismysecret]

Right, I'm getting tired of not being able to talk about and even TO my non-binary friend in Romanian without feeling like I'm misgendering them.

(We have no neutral pronouns)

So I'm taking an executive decision

(Yes i know they're silly, bear with me)

Pronume personal:

Singular:

M: El

F: Ea

N: Em*

*Evident, dat fiind că "El" se pronunță "iel" și "Ea" se pronunță "ia", "Em" s-ar pronunța "iem".

Plural:

M: Ei

F: Ele [doar fete]

N: Eme [doar persoane nb]

(a LOT more under the cut)

Personal de politețe:

M: Dânsul, dânșii

F: Dânsa, dânsele

N: Dânsol, dânșole

M: dumnealui

F: dumneaei

N: dumneasa

Pronume personal, Acuzativ (clitic):

M: Îl ajut pe el

F: O ajut pe ea

N: Ol ajut pe em**

**Negativ:

Normal: Nu ol ajut

Elidat: N-ol ajut

Pronume personal, Dativ:

M: Lui i s-a părut ciudat

F: Ei i s-a părut ciudat

N: Loi i s-a părut ciudat***

***Ideal ar fi fost "Lei" dar avem deja banii și animalele.

Pronume personal, Genitiv/ Pronume posesiv:

M: [creionul] lui/său

F: [creionul] ei/ său

N: [creionul] loi/ său

Pronume demonstrativ(e):

M: Toți [doar băieți sau mixt]

F: Toate [doar fete]

N: Toați [doar persoane nb]

M: Același

F: Aceeași

N: Acemași

M: Cel care cântă

F: Cea care cântă

N: Cem care cântă

Terminații adjective:

M: Trist

F: Tristă

N: Tristî (silabisit/ ca la F: trís-tă/ trís-tî)

Superlativ:

M: Cel mai trist

F: Cea mai tristă

N: Cem/ cen mai tristî****

****Prefer varianta cu "m" în majoritatea cazurilor, dar aici când zis repede cele două m-uri (cem mai) s-ar contopi. Dacă e prea derutantă această contopire s-ar putea folosi varianta cu "n"(cen mai).

[Buckle up, de aici devine mai ciudățel]

Substantive:

M: Prieten, prieteni

F: Prietenă, prietene [doar fete]

N: Prietenî, prietenoi [doar persoane nb]

Articole:

Nehotărât, sg Nom/Ac

M: Un prieten

F: O prietenă

N: Ul prietenî

Nehotărât, sg Gen/Dat

M: Unui prieten

F: Unei prietene

N: Unoi prietenî

Hotărât, sg Nom/Ac

M: Prietenul (meu/ tău)

F: prietena (mea/ ta)

N: Prietenol (meu*****/ tou)

*****Parca "mou" nu sună atât de bine

Hotărât, pl Nom/Ac

M: Prietenii

F: Prietenele [doar fete]

N: Prietenolii [doar persoane nb]

Hotărât, sg Dat/Gen

M: Prietenului

F: Prietenei

N: Prietenoloi

Hotărât, pl Dat/Gen

M: Prietenilor

F: Prietenelor [doar fete]

N: Prietenolor [doar persoane nb]

.....

Ok yes they do sound silly at first but I really think they would fit nicely in the Romanian vocabulary... After some getting used to.

Anyway if you like them spread the word byeeee

#nonbinary #queer #lgbt #transgender #romania #romanian #neopronouns #they/them #pronouns #grammar #lol #it does look like a page out of my romanian grammar books

[imaginedrago-ss]

yeag man they made taht dune movie w no arabs involved

#this is tge 1st 1 & idk y im defending it it kinda sucked compared 2 da 1st half of tge book #also i usually watch da credits 2 try 2 find romanian names & this time i didnt but tjere were szo many hungarians it was crazzy #straight up saw more hungarian than arabic names even tho they had a jordan unit & an abu dhabi unit

[beljar]

Is it possible that existence is our exile and nothingness our home?

Emil Cioran, from Tears and Saints, 1937

#emil cioran #romanian literature #existentialism #exile #existential dread #literary text #world literature #books and libraries #quotes #dark acadamia aesthetic #classic literature #existential questions #nothingness

[pierdutaintimpsispatiu]

psst! heard you want to learn about romanian culture. how about some mythology today? did you know romanians had a bear god? still quite present, more as a motif than a deity...

MOȘ MARTIN,

a benevolent being, a protector of humans:

he has influence over Ursitoare (similar to The Faiths in greek myths - moire) and if the new born is oiled with bear's sweat they'll grow healthy and strong. also, bear's hair burned over the body was used as a cure for any disease (crema de gălbenele, varianta fum).

if a bear walks on your back, your back ach goes away, the romanians used to believe. at Priveghi (wake) bear-like masks guide the lost souls through the night. and to prepare for New Year's night, people dress in bear fur and dance and chant against evil spirits (we still do that on Christmas now).

it was common for people to name their kid Urs/Ursu (like the last name of our esc2022 guy) so that they'll be safe and watched over. there are also spells/chants to invoke the bear protection and people wore talsimans from bear teeth.

The Bear was celebrated in 1st August (Macavei) 12-14 November (Martinii de Toamna), 1-3 February (Martinii de Iarna), 2nd February (Bear Day) and the Bear Sunday (i don't know the date...). During these days people shouldn't say the word 'bear' so they came up with the name Moș Martin (other names for the bear god: The Old one - Ăl bătrân and Moșul - The old man). On Bear Day, meat was left in the woods as an offer, in thanks and gratitude.

Romanians based their weather predictions on when the bears walked out of their layers. Also, they used the bears mating and birthing seasons in agriculture, basing their calendar around it: before the Bear Day, the crops had to be harvested, for example.

#romanisme #romania #romanian culture #romanian folklore #romanian traditions #romanian paganism #witch #witchcraft #romanian witch #info: article by Emma.P on wix; Ion Ghinoiu (books) #encyclopedia of Bucharest 2018 #bears #brown bear #grizzly

[thefugitivesaint]

Angi Petrescu-Tipărescu, ''Omul de Piatră'', 1974 Source

#Angi Petrescu Tiparescu #Angela Petrescu Tiparescu #romanian artists #Omul de Piatră #children's books #fairy tales #beautiful illustration

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

"I have no obligation to anything. I can ponder how a window shatters, in what form — and why it breaks like that and doesn't crystallize, like salt. Or if something remains in the window from us who gaze through it. Perhaps not everything passes to the other side; something stays today, something tomorrow. And at least once, towards the end of life, wouldn't it be good to squeeze the windows?"

— Marin Sorescu, Insomnia, 1971

#Marin Sorescu #literature #romanian literature #spilled ink #quotes #book quotes #literary quotes #excerpts #book excerpt #lit #books #books and libraries #prose #poetry

[grandpasessions]

To write is to proclaim that something is wrong in one’s relationship with being.

Notebooks Emil Cioran

#cioran #notebooks #translating this long ass book #french #romanian #literature #aphorisms #neitzsche #philosophy #theory #theology

[ancaxbre]

Illustration for Poezii(Poems)

Author: Otilia Cazimir

Illustrator: Elena Boariu

1975

#poezii #otilia cazimir #elena boariu #romanisme #elena boariu opris #romanian artist #romanian literature #romanian art #romanian illustration #vintage illustration #old books #art

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Ezechiel 38:23 Îmi voi arăta astfel mărimea şi sfinţenia, Mă voi face cunoscut înaintea mulţimii neamurilor, şi vor şti că Eu sînt Domnul.

And I will magnify Myself, I will manifest Myself as holy, and I will make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am Yahweh.”’ — Ezekiel 38:23 | Romanian Bible: Cornilescu Revised Version (RMNN) and Legacy Standard Bible (LSB) Romanian Bible: Cornilescu Revised Version published by the British and Foreign Bible Society and Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. Cross References: Psalm 9:16; Ezekiel 20:42; Ezekiel 36:23; Ezekiel 37:6; Ezekiel 37:28; Ezekiel 38:16; Ezekiel 39:7

#Lord #holiness #glory #people #relationships #knowing God #Ezekiel 38:23 #Book of Ezekiel #Old Testament #RMNN #Romanian Bible: Cornilescu Revised Version #LSB #Legacy Standard Bible #The Lockman Foundation #Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. #British and Foreign Bible Society

[barnbridges]

i grew up reading the romanian fantastic and the thing that makes interview with the vampire FUN to read in spite of anne being racist and xenophobic is the mythology and the way it suspends belief enough to where the books can be cohesively be seen as fantastical and narrative, as opposed to commentary on the real world. which is also why rolin jones should literally NOT tackle random shit he knows nothing about.

#i picked up miss cristina from a friend and like... #i bet you don't know but miss cristina is a short story about this sort of thing and it really made me think of #the straight magic #of a fictional vampire #like louis de pointe du lac isn't a fucking commentary on slavery on the south or on fucking romanian people #he's just a sad vampire man #sTOP GIVING SOCIAL COMMENTARY IN MY VAMPIRE GOTHIC NOVEL ROLIN #I DONT CARE #like i don't hate jacob anderson as an actor - i think he tries #but the whole idea of... the vampire chronicles giving social commentary #is so ironic to me #LIKE THE BOOKS ARE SO REMOVED FROM REALITY THERE'S LIKE TWO AND A HALF WOMEN IN THEM #the world in the vampire chronicles is one inaccessible to us and independent of like. concepts similar to ours. #it's like if succession tried to give racial commentary. #tHE CHARACTERS ARENT LIKE THAT OR MEANT TO DO THAT