The Romanian Story Of An Obsession Bruce Benderson by Bruce Benderson 1905005180 instant download after payment.

'History follows a trail of sputtering desire, often calling upon the delusions of lovers to generate the sparks. If it weren't for us, the world would suffer from a dismal lack of stories.' In this brutally candid memoir, writer, translator and journalist Bruce Benderson recounts his unrequited love for an impoverished Romanian whom he meets while on a journalism assignment in Eastern Europe. Rather than retreat, Benderson absorbs everything he can about Romania, its culture and its history and discovers a mirror in it for his own turmoil: the wild affairs of its last king, Carol II. Free of bitterness, nastiness, or any desire to protect himself, he is sustained throughout by little white codeine pills, a poetic self-awareness, a sense of humor, and an unwavering belief in the perfect romance, even as wild dogs chase him down Romanian streets.Winner of the 2004 Prix de Flore-one of France's most distinguished
literary prizes-a wildly romantic, true-life love story History follows
a trail of sputtering desire, often calling upon the delusions of
lovers to generate the sparks. If it weren't for us, the world would
suffer from a dismal lack of stories," writes Bruce Benderson in this
brutally candid memoir. "What astonishes and intrigues is Benderson's
way of recounting, in the sweetest possible voice, things that are
considered shocking," wrote Le Monde. What's so shocking? It's not just
Benderson's job translating Céline Dion's saccharine autobiography,
which he admits is driving him mad; but his unrequited love for an
impoverished Romanian in "cheap club-kid platforms with dollar signs in
his squinting eyes," whom he meets while on a journalism assignment in
Eastern Europe. Rather than retreat, Benderson absorbs everything he
can about Romanian culture and discovers an uncanny similarity between
his own obsession for the Romanian (named Romulus) and the disastrous
love affair of King Carol II, the last king of Romania (1893-1953).
Throughout, Benderson-"absolutely free of bitterness, nastiness, or any
desire to protect himself," wrote Le Monde-is sustained by little white
codeine pills, a poetic self-awareness, a sense of humor, and an
unwavering belief in the perfect romance, even as wild dogs chase him
down Romanian streets.