Incognito (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, European Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Petru Dumitriu
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1940-1960
- Setting: Romania
- Principal Characters: The Narrator, Sebastian Ionesco, Erasmus Ionesco, Christian Ionesco, Philip Ionesco, Valentine Ionesco Morcovici, Basil Morcovici, Malvolio Leonte, Romeo Romanesco, Sabine, Arthur Zodie, Leopold
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Communism or communists, Politics, World War II, Politicians, Martyrs or martyrdom
- Locales: Romania
Until 1960, when he escaped to the West, Petru Dumitriu was head of the State Literary Society of Romania; he was not only the most powerful man in the literary apparatus of Romania but was also regarded as his country’s leading writer on artistic grounds. Since his escape, he has become recognized at least in Europe, as one of those few writers whose talents so far transcend the conventions of nationality as to make them something on the order of writers to the world at large. It is obvious in any case that Dumitriu’s stature as an artist raises him above any poet or novelist in...
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