Now in paperback, a haunting story of trauma, memory, and healing in
post-Cold War Romania.
Victoria has just recently moved from Zurich back to her hometown of
Bucharest when the bank where she works is robbed. Put on leave so that
she can process the trauma of the robbery, Victoria strolls around town.
Each street triggers sudden visions as memories from her childhood under
the Ceausescu regime begin to mix with the radically changed city and
the strange world in which she now finds herself. As the walls of
reality begin to crumble, Victoria and her former self cross paths with
the bank robber and a rich cast of characters, weaving a vivid portrait
of Romania and one woman's self-discovery.
In her stunning second novel, Swiss-Romanian writer Dana Grigorcea
paints a series of extraordinarily colorful pictures. With humor and
wit, she describes a world full of myriad surprises where new and old
cultures weave together--a world bursting with character and spirit.