Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books
Travel via Stories
Sumedru’s Sacred Fires mark the beginning of pastoral winter and you can see them dancing in the heart of the night if you travel through the southwest of Romania, namely Oltenia or western Wallachia.
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Discover this October an old spider tale from Romanian folklore that crawled here from an ancient book by Tudor Pamfile, a 19th-century Romanian writer and folklorist.
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The poem Romanian Calusarii or Man Dancing With Horses is a Pantoum marking my debut on Plum Tree Tavern, a literary magazine I have long admired. So I am thrilled!
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On researching my latest book, Dreamland, I met astonishing Women from Romania’s past who inspired me in my carer as a woman writer.
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Among African languages the Xhosa language is embroidered with idioms, proverbs and figurative expressions drawing from a rich culture and history. Some of these African idioms and proverbs are readily understood by any English speaking person while others, if literally interpreted, appear to be meaningless.
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