Leopoldina Bălănuță

A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become as her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and ...

Set in the 1910's Transylvanian countryside, a poor but industrious peasant must choose between his obsessive lust for riches and his desire for true love.

In love with Anca, Dragomir kills the woman's husband. In his place, Ion, a weak-minded forester who only robbed the body, is sent to prison. Ten years later, Ion, now insane from the beatings he received in prison, escapes and re...