Dublul autoportret

Varujan Vosganian’s Dublu autoportret looks at the Romanian Revolution. It asks how people recall this time as a group. It looks past one life to a nation seeking its future. The narrator tells the tale through his own eyes. It blends his memories with history. It moves at the pace of an action novel.

The book shifts from inner thoughts to close views of the world outside. It suits those who like life stories and thoughts on history. It draws on the narrator’s life but goes beyond it. Those who lived through these events may see themselves in its characters.

Vosganian uses symbols to link one life with wider events. He looks at a past that stays unclear in shared memory. This edition is part of the FICTION LTD series.