Maisel Synagogue

Norman Manea (Romania): The Hooligan's Return

Translation: Jiří Našinec, Havran 2008

In his autobiographical novel awarded by the French Prix Médicis the Romanian author of Jewish origin returns not only to the recent past of the Communist Romania but also describes his own immigrant life in America and a confrontation with his post-revolutionary homeland developing through memories and fictive dialogues the theme of human identity and exile.