În Basarabia

În Basarabia brings together articles by Duiliu Zamfirescu. They explore social life and politics in Bessarabia. They ask what it means to belong to a nation. They also deal with land issues and ethnic minority groups. Leading public figures are a further theme.

Zamfirescu went there on a special mission on 20 February 1918. He served as the province’s Civil and Military Commissioner General. His time in that role was brief. These texts draw on that service.

The book gives accounts of the past for those who study it. It serves scholars, students, and teachers. It also speaks to general readers drawn to Bessarabia’s past. The articles first ran in the newspaper Îndreptarea. Zamfirescu founded that paper in April 1918. The texts later formed a book called În Basarabia.

Zamfirescu (1858–1922) worked as a writer, diplomat, and politician. Readers also know him for Viața la țară. He is known for the character Tănase Scatiu, too. His Comăneșteni novels and short novels form a linked set. This was the first novel cycle in Romanian literature. The publisher links its approach to Zola and Romain Rolland.

Ioan Adam prepared this edition. It forms part of the Memoriile Basarabiei series.