Arheologia emoției și exercițiul critic

This book brings together reviews of new books. Gabriela Nedelcu-Pasarin wrote them for the journal Scrisul Romanesc. She looks at how people read and respond to books. She also asks how critics judge them. The book suits readers who want to explore these questions. It also looks at culture’s place in public life.

The essays study books, ideas, themes, and ways to read texts. They look close at each work, then take a wider view. She seeks to grasp each writer’s view while keeping enough distance to judge it. She links culture and human life to ties across the world. She looks at how cultures share ideas and at the flood of facts and news.

This is her third book drawn from these monthly reviews. She has written them for a long time. The first was Ispitele identificarii. Ipostaze ale actului critic. She wrote it under the name Gabriela Rusu-Pasarin. The next was Empatie si receptare critica. These books seek to link the public’s response to books with short, close readings of new works. Her work spans decades of the journal’s new series under Florea Firan.

She draws on her work in research and broadcasting. She holds a doctorate and is a professor at the University of Craiova. At Radio Oltenia Craiova, she makes programmes and oversees them. Her work joins news and views on culture with ways to share through sound and images.