Trio of novels by Ionel Teodoreanu
Cover of the 1984 edition (as
La Medeleni
), published by Cartea Romanesc?
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Author
| Ionel Teodoreanu
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Original title
| La Medeleni
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Illustrator
| grimbo
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Language
| Romanian
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Genre
| Romance
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Publisher
| Cartea Romaneasc?
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Publication place
| Romania
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Media type
| print
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La Medeleni
(English:
At Medeleni)
is a trio of novels written by
Ionel Teodoreanu
.
[1]
The books were set in the village of
Medeleni
, in
Ia?i
County,
Romania
.
[2]
The trilogy includes:
The Fickle Border
(
Romanian
:
Hotarul Nestatornic
) published in 1925,
Roads
(Romanian:
Drumuri
) published in 1926, and
Between the Winds
(Romanian:
Intre Vanturi
) published in 1927.
[2]
[3]
Teodoreanu’s inspiration for the novels came from a mansion on the bank of the river
Prut
where friends from the literary world would gather.
[4]
On May 21 2016, the mansion became a museum in memoriam of Ionel Teodoreanu.
[5]
[6]
Synopsis
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At Medeleni
is a novel about an idealised childhood and adolescence, designed in an Edenic patriarchal setting.
[7]
The plot is centred around two siblings, Daniel and Olgu?a (Romanian:
[Olgu[t?s]a]
) Deleanu, and their step sister, Monica. According to her father, Olgu?a is an "angelic devil, a mixture of purity and inclinations towards little malice."
[8]
[note 1]
She is constantly shaking, does not accept contradiction, and tries to subordinate everything that surrounds her.
[9]
Daniel tends to be calm but can often lose his patience and becomes nervous because of his sister, Olgu?a. He often dreams about saving Monica but is awakened by his sister from time to time.
Monica ensures the balance between the siblings, who are in a continuous argument. She is gentle, generous and always jumps in to help others.
[9]
Monica is in love with Daniel throughout the novel. Daniel realizes at the end that he is in love with Monica as well. They get married and enjoy a happy life.
Olgu?a falls in love with Vania, an older man. She plans to marry him and go to America, but she discovers that she has cancer. In the end, she commits suicide. After the death of Olgu?a, the Deleanu family sells the estate.
[2]
Reception
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Miron Radu Paraschivescu
claimed that Olgu?a is one of the most successful characters in Teodoreanu's literary works.
[10]
[note 2]
In 1995, a group of experts from
Aix-Marseille University
reviewed the trilogy and highlighted that Teodoreanu was traditionally considered by Romanians as the novelist of childhood. They remarked that
At Medeleni
is a good illustration of life in Romania in the 1920s.
[11]
[12]
At Medeleni
attains the ineffability of sensation and opens with a writing style torn between suffering and voluptuousness, a vertiginous perspective evoking baroque aesthetics.
[13]
[10]
[14]
According to the Romanian newspaper
Jurnalul Na?ional
,
"
At Medeleni
is the book that sealed the literary reputation of the novelist, who, at the age of 30, was already nationally renowned. After his
At Medeleni
series, his books became popular items on bookstore shelves[...]".
[7]
Critics and theorists, like
George C?linescu
, mentioned that the novel "has a lasting value,"
Camil Petrescu
said that the work presents "affective aspects" of children through a series of life incidents, and, in turn,
Garabet Ibr?ileanu
established that the main character, Olgu?a, is "the most striking type[...] and the most successful girl model in our literature."
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Notes
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References
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Anghel, Carmen.
"Fragment din manuscrisul "La Medeleni" al lui Ionel Todoreanu"
[(tr.n.a.) Fragment of Ionel Todoreanu's manuscript "La Medeleni"].
Evenimentul Zilei
(in Romanian)
. Retrieved
21 September
2017
.
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a
b
c
Paleologu, Alexandru (2016).
Despre lucrurile cu adevarat importante
[
(tr.n.a.) About Things That Really Matter
] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Cartea Romaneasca.
ISBN
9789734620609
.
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Mitu, Rodica (6 January 2015).
"Ionel Teodoreanu, autorul indr?gitei trilogii "La Medeleni"
"
[(tr.n.a.) Ionel Teodoreanu, author of the much loved-trilogy "La Medeleni"].
ZIUA de Constanta
(in Romanian)
. Retrieved
21 September
2017
.
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Andronescu, Monica (23 June 2017).
"Ionel Teodoreanu, scriitorul care se refugia vara la Agapia"
.
Ziarul Metropolis
(in Romanian)
. Retrieved
21 September
2017
.
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Carlea, Dan (5 April 2016).
"
"La Medeleni" devine punct muzeal"
["At the Medeleni" becomes a museum].
Ziarul Lumina
(in Romanian)
. Retrieved
21 September
2017
.
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Marinescu, Katy (3 April 2016).
"MNLR Ia?i va inaugura "La Medeleni", un punct muzeal dedicat scriitorului Ionel Teodoreanu"
.
Mediafax
(in Romanian)
. Retrieved
21 September
2017
.
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a
b
Margineanu, Clara (22 December 2009).
"Intaia mirare, intaia iubire, la Medeleni..."
Jurnalul Na?ional
. Archived from
the original
on 30 August 2017
. Retrieved
21 September
2017
.
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Ionel, Teodoreanu (2009).
La Medeleni
(Reprinted from the original (1968) ed.). Bucure?ti:
Jurnalul National
. p. 129.
ISBN
9789736757181
.
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a
b
"Ionel Teodoreanu - o via?? pe "Uli?a copil?riei" ?i "La Medeleni"
"
[(tr.n.a.)Ionel Teodoreanu - A life on the "Childhood's Road" and "La Medeleni"].
Istorie pe scurt
. 2 February 2016
. Retrieved
21 September
2017
.
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a
b
Vlabie, Diana (2011).
"Ionel Teodoreanu, prozatorul-poet al copil?riei ?i adolescen?ei"
[(tr.n.a.) Ionel Teodoreanu, the prose writer of childhood and adolescence].
Revista Limba Roman?
(in Romanian).
XXI
(11?12).
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Ibr?ileanu, Garabet (2013).
Critic? literar?
. United States: ALTpublica.
ISBN
978-1-62441-026-0
.
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Barna, Vlaicu (2016).
Intre Cap?a ?i Corso
. Bucharest: Polirom.
ISBN
9789734645664
.
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"L'art romanesque de Ionel Teodoreanu dans La Medeleni (1925-1927)"
.
www.wattremez.com
. Retrieved
21 September
2017
.
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"1933, anul in care s-au scris cele mai frumoase romane de iubire"
[(tr.n.a.) 1933, the year when the most beautiful romance novels were written].
Evenimentul Zilei
(in Romanian). 10 January 2008
. Retrieved
21 September
2017
.
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Ionescu B., Ion (3 July 2013).
"Ionel Teodoreanu ? medelenismul sau agonia unei lumi suflete?ti"
[Ionel Teodoreanu - Medelenism or the agony of a worldly soul].
Ziarul Na?iunea
(in Romanian).
VII
. Retrieved
21 September
2017
.
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