Omertà

Four voices tell the novel: a woman from the village of Szék, a young woman from Cluj, a nun and a man who breeds roses. In 1950s Cluj (Kolozsvár), the city's people live at the mercy of an ever more stifling dictatorship: the party lifts some to high office and sends others to prison, and the months of thaw end abruptly with the Hungarian revolution of 1956. While they are forced to face a history that shapes their lives directly, the four become entangled in a love triangle. The book asks what paths are open in an age of fear, and what happens to inner values and desires.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

624 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Politics, Love (assigned by AI)

Set in

Romania, 1950s

First published

2017 by Jelenkor

Author's age

46 when first published

ISBN

9789636766009 (original)

9781803094083 (Seagull Books, United Kingdom)