In the village of poor Romanians since 1907, the hunger is great. But the earth bears all the fruits and grains worked by the peasants reach the courtyards of the boyars. The children fall dead from the disease and are buried without much mourning.
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In the village of poor Romanians since 1907, the hunger is great. But the earth bears all the fruits and grains worked by the peasants reach the courtyards of the boyars. The children fall dead from the disease and are buried without much mourning.
Zaharia Stancu's autobiographical novel is a fresco of the rural community from the early years of the 20th century. From the great peasant uprising of 1907 until the First World War, Darie grows up and penetrates the cruel truths of society with a child's mind, objective, lucid and as cruel as reality.
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