Could we use potatoes instead, Mike? Tomatoes are kind of expensive, you know... and thou shalt not waste food thy God hath given thou...
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 7:21 PM, mike.ormsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > My name is Mike. I am the British author of 'Grand Bazar Romania' and > I hope you might take a minute to check out this review of the book: > > http://www.romanialibera.ro/a125340/mike-ormsby-si-romanii.html > > Also, here's the opinion of Doamna Denisa Toma > Chief Librarian in Deva (Hunedoara County Library). Her comments below > come from a private email to my publisher, which Denisa has kindly > allowed me to reproduce here: > > "A venit azi, deja am citit vreo cinci "momente", sint amutita de > incintare, e o Romanie la singe, asa cum o simtim in fiece zi, o > oglinda maritoare in care ne vedem toti porii, bine dilatati post > revolutionar. Scrisa cu nerv, cu mare talent, usor, les mots pour le > dire arrivent nu aisement, dar vin ca vintul si ca gindul. Risul > incremeneste, devine eternul nostru risu'plinsu si se instaleaza o > imensa neputinta... > > .... mai am citeva "momente", sint din ce in ce mai entuziasmata de > ceea ce citesc, de faptul ca, din cite inteleg eu, esenta ei este "Asa > sinteti voi, uitati-va bine, dar cu toate astea va iubesc!" si nu cred > ca ma insel. Din putine carti ale neromanilor a razbatut atita > simpatie si iubire fata de noi, cu relele si bunele noastre. Am > renuntat la Antunes de dragul lui Mike, dar a meritat cu asupra de > masura!" > > If you are interested, I will be on a reading/promotional tour of > Romania next week, dates and locations as follows: > > Timisoara, in 9 iunie 2008, la orele 17, la Libraria Caligraf > (Filarmonica Banatului, Bd. C.D. Loga, Nr. 2) > > Deva, in 11 iunie 2008, la orele 15, la Sectia de Arta a Bibliotecii > Judetene > « Ovid Densusianu » (Str. 1 Decembrie, Nr. 26) > > Cluj-Napoca, in 12 iunie 2008, la orele 18, > la Libraria Libri din Polus Center > > Sibiu, in 13 iunie 2008, la orele 17, la Libraria Erasmus > (Str. Mitropoliei, Nr. 30) > > The Bucharest launch is Friday June 20, at the English Library, > Pasajul Kretzulescu, 50m from the Royal Palace, next to Humanitas > Kretzulescu on Calea Victoriei. > > Please come if you would like to say hello, or throw tomatoes. > Thank you for reading. > Numai bine, > Mike Ormsby. > > >
