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Travelogue, Cultural Travel, and History

Transylvania and Beyond by Dervla Murphy

Transylvania and Beyond by Dervla Murphy

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A Groundbreaking 1993 Travelogue of Cycling Through Post-Revolution Romania

Arriving in Romania shortly after the 1989 fall and execution of dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, Irish travel writer Dervla Murphy pedaled through a nation navigating immediate political transition. After losing her luggage to border thieves, Murphy acquired a basic local bicycle and set off through the Carpathian Mountains.

Her journal logs stays in urban apartment blocks and remote Saxon hamlets, capturing candid kitchen-table discussions with Romanians, Hungarians, and Roma families as they adjusted to post-communist realities.

Why You’ll Love This Book

Dervla Murphy offers a gritty, ground-level eyewitness account of Eastern European liberation and rural mountain life. Essential reading for lovers of European travelogues, post-communist history, and solo cycling memoirs.

Book Details

ISBN: 9780879514723

Binding: Hardcover

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Publisher: Overlook Books

Pages: 256

Author:

  • Dervla Murphy

Language: English

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