Petru Popescu, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (355p) ISBN 978-0-312-27869-4
With historical sweep and accuracy, and a happy ending, this unique Holocaust memoir simultaneously elicits thrills and disquietude. Novelist and memoirist Popescu (Amazon Beaming) has rewritten the memoirs of his parents-in-law, Mirek Friedman and...
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Petru Popescu, Author . Simon & Schuster $15 (356p) ISBN 978-1-4165-3263-7
Another entry into the popular biblical-figures-are-just-like-us genre, Popescu's chronicle looks at the life of the Virgin Mary. A hard-working Jewish teenager expelled from Nazareth with her struggling tribe, Mary has become infatuated with a
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Petru Popescu, Author Penguin Books $14 (448p) ISBN 978-0-14-012666-2
Popescu relates the bizarre adventures of his friend, the photographer Loren McIntyre, whose encounters with an elusive South American Indian tribe makes for an extraordinary, gripping tale. Photos. (Aug.)
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Petru Popescu, Author Grove/Atlantic $25 (384p) ISBN 978-0-8021-1613-0
Popescu has written what at first glance appears to be a tale of one who grew up under communism, escaped and then returned to visit his native land. Yet as a novelist (Almost Adam), journalist and filmmaker, he brings more to this account than a...
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