Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey
by Isabel Fonseca
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Author: Isabel FonsecaEdition: Paperback
Published: 1996-10-29
ISBN: 067973743X
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Vintage
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I am gypsy. I have been severed from my heritage. This book gave me the reason behind my rhymes. The rituals of everyday life explained in this book are exactly the same as my own rituals, though I didn't know why I did them. I now know why, it's because I am gypsy and these are the gypsy ways.
Summary of Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey
They travel endlessly and seem to appear almost everywhere, yet they are the world's most mysterious people: Gypsies. Isabel Fonseca has done the impossible, entering into their world, living and traveling with Gypsies during several long trips to Eastern Europe, and she has brought back an insightful, highly personal, and very readable account of who the Gypsies are and how they live. The Gypsies have a legendary aversion to "gadje," or outsiders, but Fonseca has lifted the curtain and written gracefully about their lives on the edge of society.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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