Isabel Fonseca delves into the largely hidden world of the Roma--or Gypsies--in this book. They are a people who have been persecuted for centuries in Europe, and the society they have developed is one which puts little stock in remembering history or respecting European states. Fonseca spent four years with Roma across Europe and listened to ...
Assured, funny, and provocative, this novel from the author of "Bury Me Standing" is unflinching in its depiction of desire, of the responsibility that comes with age and family, and of the impulses that color and disrupt lives even as they reveal the true nature of love.
This examination of Bruno Fonseca's life, unorthodox training and diverse paintings, drawings and sculptures casts light not only upon his own work but also offers an insight into the creative process itself. Memoirs of Fonseca's childhood and last days are provided by his sister Isabel.
"Soho Square" is the first of a series of Bloomsbury annual anthologies of new works. It contains poems, essays, short stories and drawings. The essays include Joseph Brodsky's thoughts on the idea of travel and Philip Roth on vocation. Patricia Highsmith, Fay Weldon and R.M.Lamming contribute short stories and there are poems by Paul Muldoon, ...
Gypsies have always intrigued and fascinated - partly because of their mysterious origins and partly because of the romance of nomadism. But because they resist assimilation, having survived as a distinct people for over 1000 years, they have also been the victims of other people's nationalism and xenophobia. The have been persecuted throughout ...
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