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Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey

by Isabel Fonseca

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After the revolutions of 1989, Isabel Fonseca lived and traveled with the Gypsies of Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the former Yugoslavia, Romainia, and Albania — listening to their stories and recording their attempts to become something more than despised outsiders.

In Bury Me Standing, alongside unforgettable portraits of individuals — the poet, the politician, the child prostitute — are vivid insights into the wit, language, wisdom, and taboos of the Roma. In a compelling narrative account of this large and landless minority, Fonseca also traces their long-ago exodus out of India and their history of relentless persecution: enslaved by the princes of medieval Romania; massacred by the Nazis in what the Roma call "the Devouring"; forcibly assimilated by the communist regime; and, most recently, evicted from their settlements by nationalistic mobs in the new "democracies" of the East, and under violent attack in the Western countries to which many have fled.

Review:

"[Fonseca] details the discrimination that has kept the Gypsies...from development of an identity and acceptance by the international community." Library Journal

Review:

"[A]dmirably musters difficult material into a story of vividly sketched individuals and enlightening ideas." New York Times Book Review

Synopsis:

Isabel Fonseca describes the four years she spent with Gypsies from Albania to Poland, listening to their stories, deciphering their taboos, and befriending their matriarchs, activists, and child prostitutes. A masterful work of personal reportage, this volume is also a vibrant portrait of a mysterious people and an essential document of a disappearing culture. 50 photos.

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ISBN:

9780679737438

Author:

Fonseca, Isabel

Publisher:

Vintage Books

Location:

New York :

Subject:

General

Subject:

History

Subject:

Sociology - General

Subject:

Government and political science

Subject:

Essays & Travelogues

Subject:

Gypsies

Subject:

Gypsies -- History.

Subject:

Romanies

Subject:

Eastern Europe - General

Subject:

Romanies - History

Subject:

Europe - Eastern

Copyright:

1996

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Vintage Departures

Series Volume:

no. 33

Publication Date:

19961031

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

50 BandW PHOTOGRAPHS, 3 MAPS

Pages:

336

Dimensions:

8.06x5.24x.78 in. .69 lbs.

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Product details 336 pages Vintage Books USA - 2012-05-08 English 9780679737438 Reviews:

"Review" by Library Journal, "[Fonseca] details the discrimination that has kept the Gypsies...from development of an identity and acceptance by the international community."

"Review" by New York Times Book Review, "[A]dmirably musters difficult material into a story of vividly sketched individuals and enlightening ideas."

"Synopsis" by Random House, Isabel Fonseca describes the four years she spent with Gypsies from Albania to Poland, listening to their stories, deciphering their taboos, and befriending their matriarchs, activists, and child prostitutes. A masterful work of personal reportage, this volume is also a vibrant portrait of a mysterious people and an essential document of a disappearing culture. 50 photos.