The Forbidden Forest (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Mircea Eliade
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1936-1948
- Setting: Romania
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Love or romance, 1940’s, World War II, 1930’s, Death or dying, Fate or fatalism, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, Automobiles
- Locales: Romania
Characters Discussed
Stefan Viziru (shteh-FAHN vee- ZEE-rew), a tall, slender but sturdy, and handsome thirty-four-year-old political economist. He earned his doctorate in political science in Paris and is working for the Romanian Ministry of National Economy. Although happily married, with a young child, he is obsessed with his entrapment in time. He tries unsuccessfully to use his talents as a painter to project himself into cosmic time. He experiences cosmic time when he meets his ideal love, Ileana, in the Forest of Baneasa, the setting of his childhood; he spends the...
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