{"product_id":"short-prose","title":"Short Prose","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the late-1960s Romania, during the relative cultural thaw of the post-Stalinist period, Dumitru Tsepeneag emerged as an innovative writer of short prose and the pioneer of oneirism, a subversive theory and practice of literature that challenged not only socialist realism in particular but realism in general.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the early 1970s, following a cultural crackdown by the totalitarian state, oneirism had been banned and Tsepeneag was forced into exile in France. \u003ci\u003eShort Prose, Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e, collects the three volumes of short stories that Tsepeneag published in Romania before going into exile: \u003ci\u003eExercises\u003c\/i\u003e (1966), \u003ci\u003eCold\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), and \u003ci\u003eWaiting\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), along with previously unpublished shorter texts from the same period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54260702937432,"sku":"9781628973419","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781628973419.jpg?v=1761324340","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/short-prose","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}