ROMAIN GARY ET LA BULGARIE
ROMAIN GARY AND BULGARIA
Author(s): Maya Timénova-KoenSubject(s): History, Literary Texts, Cultural history, Fiction, Diplomatic history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Novel, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Communism
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: History; testify; witness; Stalinist period; Dictatorship;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is meant to trace the Romain Gary’s experience like diplomat in Sofia, 1946 – 1948. The writer is testifying to methods of communist Dictatorship during the Stalinist period of Bulgarian History and to country’s transformation on satellite of U.R.S.S. My Research is based on Gary’s novels “La nuit sera calme” and “Le sens de ma vie”, and on movie “Le Libraire” (“The Bookseller”) of Catherine Bernstein and Assen Vladimirov.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 921-930
- Page Count: 10
- Language: French
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