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Derapaj
“Skid” (title translated by AI)
Ion Manolescu (born 1968)
English editions
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Alexandru Robe is 38, teaches literature at the university in Bucharest and has a house, a car and a girlfriend others envy him for. His perfect life falls apart when he notices that someone has been rifling through his memories for years to sell them on the black market. With the help of his friends, above all the art expert Maria, and of a letter found in his grandfather’s file, he goes after the people who rigged his biography. The hunt takes him through the Ceaușescu years and 1918, the streets of Paris and the cafés of Vienna, while mysterious organisations follow him in turn.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 655 pages in the original
- Genres
- Speculative, Crime (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Romania, France, Austria
- First published
- 2006 by Polirom
- Author's age
- 38 when first published
- ISBN
9789734604180 (original)