El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes de Tatiana Țîbuleac: El trauma y la mirada / The Summer when my Mother had Green Eyes by Tatiana Țîbuleac: the trauma and the gaze

Authors

  • Ioana Alexandrescu The Autonomous University of Barcelona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35824/sjrs.v3i1.21413

Keywords:

Tatiana Țîbuleac; Moldovan Writers; Family Relations; Trauma Narratives.

Abstract

”The Summer when my Mother had Green Eyes” is Moldovan writer Tatiana Țîbuleac’s first novel and it was praised by both readers and critics. We examine the Spanish version of this novel, which was published in 2019 by Madrid-based publishing house Impedimenta and has reached its fifth edition in less than a year. The design of this novel alternates short chapters and micro chapters consisting of a sole phrase, as well as sarcastic and poetic tonalities, and reconstructs the narrator's relationship with his dying mother during the last summer they spend together in a French village close to the ocean.

Author Biography

Ioana Alexandrescu, The Autonomous University of Barcelona

Ioana Alexandrescu received her PhD in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where she is currently teaching Romanian while also being an Assistant Professor at the University of Oradea, Romania. She has published La voz autobiográfica de María Zambrano (2013), Brevemente la vida: un acercamiento al discurso autobiográfico breve (2013) and Ubú, una lectura del monstruo (2019) as well as many scholarly articles.

References

Țîbuleac, T. (2019). El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes/ The Summer when my Mother had Green Eyes, Madrid: Impedimenta.

The cover photo was taken on April 15th, 2009 and represents the road to Afteia Monastery, Alba County, Romania

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Published

2020-04-17

How to Cite

Alexandrescu, I. (2020). El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes de Tatiana Țîbuleac: El trauma y la mirada / The Summer when my Mother had Green Eyes by Tatiana Țîbuleac: the trauma and the gaze. Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies, 3(1), 265–267. https://doi.org/10.35824/sjrs.v3i1.21413

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2020): Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies

Section

Book reviews

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