Florina Ilis

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• Cartea numerilor

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  Observator cultural 2019 · Shortlist

  Cartea numerilor

  AITitle translated by AI:“The Book of Numbers”

  Florina Ilis · 50 when first published

  Novel · 576 pages · Historical, Family

  AIAI-generated summary:Built on the structure of the biblical Book of Numbers, a narrator gets his characters to unspool their memories so as to rebuild a century-old family tree and, through it, the fate of Romania in the 20th century.

• Viețile paralele

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  Observator cultural 2013 · Shortlist

  Viețile paralele

  AITitle translated by AI:“Parallel Lives”

  Florina Ilis · 44 when first published

  Novel · 688 pages · Historical

  AIAI-generated summary:The many parallel lives of the poet Mihai Eminescu, lover, lunatic, journalist, philosopher, hunted man and poet, unfold through investigation, essay, biography, drama and fiction, among dozens of figures from Romania’s literary history.