Summary of Wasted Morning
In the novel “Wasted Morning”, the protagonist Vica Delca is an elderly but spirited woman who lives in Bucharest around 1975. The novel follows her tram journeys across the city as she seeks to escape her husband and to visit her sister-in-law and friend Ivona. Through their conversations, “Wasted Morning” unveils the personal stories of these women and offers a vivid portrayal of Romanian life throughout the 20th century.
Reasons to read Wasted Morning
Gabriela Adamesteanu’s “Wasted Morning” is a beautifully written and engaging chronicle of Romania from the 1940s to the 1970s. The novel is widely regarded as a masterpiece of 20th-century Romanian literature and was honoured with the Writers’ Union of Romania Prize in 1985.
Setting: Bucharest (Romania)
Original title: Dimineață pierdută
Year of publication: 1983
Nr of pages: 400
