An omen that changes people, a story about how good and evil can happen at once, about the simple ones, who don't distinguish right from left, and about the complicated ones, who think they are God's chosen. This is a novel about fathers and clever daughters, who don't not let the story die. A book where love comes uninvited, as it always has done, full of suspense, and our undying desire to find purpose in this life. Drawing on the Biblical story of Jonah, the author brings to life a whole village of characters as well as the monsters of the deep.
Ioana Pârvulescu is a Romanian writer. She was born in Bra?ov and studied at the University of Bucharest. She graduated in 1983, and went on to complete a PhD in literature in 1999. She teaches modern literature at the same university. She has worked at the literary journal România literar?, and has translated the works of Maurice Nadeau, Angelus Silesius and Rainer Maria Rilke. She is a member of the Romanian Writers' Union. In 2013, Pârvulescu won the EU Prize for Literature for her book Via?a începe vineri (Life Begins on Friday). In 2018 she won the professional prize at the European Union Prize for Literature writing contest for her work of short fiction 'A Voice'. Her other books include Viitorul începe luni('The Future Begins on Monday'), Humanitas, 2012. Inocen?ii ('The Innocents'), Humanitas, 2016.Prevestirea ('The Prophecy'), Humanitas, 2020.
