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Fetița care se juca de-a Dumnezeu

“The Little Girl Who Played God” (title translated by AI)

Dan Lungu (born 1969)

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To pull her family out of financial trouble, Letiția decides to work abroad for a few months. Through an acquaintance she ends up in Rome, cleaning and looking after the Bosse family’s old Nona, and by chance meets a former classmate, Laura, a strong, spontaneous veteran of precarious jobs who tells her own emigrant’s story. At home, sensitive, introverted Rădița, just starting school, stays with her grandparents, and her sister Mălina with their father, Vali. Rădița suffers the separation as only children can, with her whole body and imagination, while the few months keep stretching and plans keep changing.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

360 pages in the original

Genres

Migration, Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Romania, Italy

First published

2014 by Polirom

Author's age

45 when first published

ISBN

9789734645428 (original)