This is an under-rated book by an underestimated writer. Princess Martha Bibescu gives a description of Romanians, mostly of peasants as perceived by ber at the beginning of the twentieth century. The book can also be read as a an anthropological study of the festivals celebrated by Romanians. The book is organised depending on red letter days of the Orthodox calendar around which the Romanian peasants' lives revolve.
This is an under-rated book by an underestimated writer. Princess Martha Bibescu gives a description of Romanians, mostly of peasants as perceived by ber at the beginning of the twentieth century. The book can also be read as a an anthropological study of the festivals celebrated by Romanians. The book is organised depending on red letter days of the Orthodox calendar around which the Romanian peasants' lives revolve.
This is an under-rated book by an underestimated writer. Princess Martha Bibescu gives a description of Romanians, mostly of peasants as perceived by ber at the beginning of the twentieth century. The book can also be read as a an anthropological study of the festivals celebrated by Romanians. The book is organised depending on red letter days of the Orthodox calendar around which the Romanian peasants' lives revolve.