Petre Barbu

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• Vremea tatălui

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  Observator cultural 2023 · Shortlist

  Vremea tatălui

  AITitle translated by AI:“Father’s Time”

  Petre Barbu · 60 when first published

  Novel · 352 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:A night watchman nearing sixty, whose wife has become a bad-tempered alcoholic and whose teenage daughter has turned away from him, finds refuge only in the office building he guards, until one day his wife disappears.

• Marea petrecere

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  Observator cultural 2015 · Shortlist

  Marea petrecere

  AITitle translated by AI:“The Great Party”

  Petre Barbu · 52 when first published

  Novel · 264 pages · Love, Family

  AIAI-generated summary:A love story in which a Romanian family, bound together not by love but by the suffering of a hopeless illness, mirrors a society ravaged by lies and corruption.