The Observer, in short

Lead article Doina Ioanid writes: Romania is a divided world. The poor subsist on one side of the tracks. The political class lives on the other. What remains? Hope for a brighter future… Politics Bedros Horasangian talks about last week’s Social Democratic (PSD) and Democratic Liberal (PD-L) elections. Ciprian Ciucu warns against populism, always a favorite among politicians. Caius Dobrescu says, the way most Romanians see Kosovo’s bespeaks a guilty conscience. Latest Mihai Plamadeala admires an Earth Art installation in Otopeni. Book reviews Bianca Burta-Cernat reads Cornel Ungureanu’s Istoria secreta a literaturii romane (The Secret History of Romanian Literature, Brasov: Aula, 2007). Dana Pirvan-Jenaru comments on Romulus Bucur’s Mihail Sebastian – monografie, anthologie comentata (Mihail Sebastian – monograph and critical anthology, Brasov: Aula, 2007). Crina Bud writes about Irina Egli’s Pamint pustiu (Waste Land, Bucharest: Humanitas, 2007). Cristian Cercel discusses Alain Touraine’s Lumea femeilor (The World of Women, Bucharest: Art, 2007). Restitution Benjamin Fondane The Observer publishes two letters exchanged between Jacques Maritain and Benjamin Fondane. Maritain’s letter is dated August 22, 1937; Fondane’s reply, October 31, 1937. Luiza Palanciuc signs the selection, the notes and the translation, all from Fondane-Maritain, Correspondance de Benjamin et Genevieve Fondane avec Jacques et […]