The Observer, in short

Lead article Bedros Horasangian comments on the imminent Turkish invasion of Northern Iraq. Politics Ciprian Ciucu looks into the pros and cons of the uninominal vote. Latest Adina Dinitoiu interviews Francois Weyergans, winner of the Goncourt Award in 2005. Weyergans was present in Iasi, Romania, for Lire en Fete, an event organized by the French Cultural Centre and Polirom between October 18 and October 20. The Observer looks things Eliade on the occasion of Mircea Eliade’s 100th anniversary, Inspired by an international symposium that took place at Jawarhalal Nehru University, The Observer invites Sorin Alexandrescu to witnesses Eliade’s passion for India. In the first part of a longer article, Stefan Borbely sees Eliade’s India through contemporary eyes. Book reviews Bianca Burta – Cernat presents Stefab Bastovoi’s novel Iepurii nu mor (Rabbits Don’t Die, Iasi: Polirom, 2007). Geo Serban talks about Mihail Sebastian’s Promenades parisiennes, a French translation by Alain Paruit to be published by L’Herne, Paris. Cultural anthropology Matei Stircea-Craciun publishes the second part of his article on Brancusi: from Maiastra to Pasare in vazduh. Craciun discusses Brancusi’s work in symbolic and anthropological terms. Supplement The Observer offers a profile of the second eXplore dance festival, which ran from October […]