Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey (Vintage Departures)
Registered by violetaparra of Boston, Massachusetts USA on 6/20/2003
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I don't know why, because the subject matter is fascinating, but I found this book didn't hold my interest. There are certainly parts of it that are wonderful windows onto the world of a mysterious people, but I did find that I never actually finished the book. I guess that's a mystery in itself.
Journal Entry 2 by violetaparra at Toast (bar), 70 Union Square in Somerville, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, October 25, 2003
Released on Friday, October 17, 2003 at Union Square - Toast (bar) in Somerville, Massachusetts USA.
Left on the fabulous curvy red velvet conversation seat that faces a window.
Left on the fabulous curvy red velvet conversation seat that faces a window.
Still no word on where this book is. But interested readers might want to know that I've recently come across twos wonderful websites by, on & for the Roma. Here are links to them, especially worthwhile for their brief but telling comments on this book:
http://www.romani.org/local/rombib.html
and
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5121/lexicontrol.htm
http://www.romani.org/local/rombib.html
and
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5121/lexicontrol.htm