In the latest update of it translation project, Observator Cultural introduces the writer Gabriela Adamesteanu and two of her books, "Wasted Morning" and "The Encounter". There is an excerpt from "Wasted Morning" in English which begins:
"In the old days, if she stayed cooped up so for days on end she'd feel like the house would just fall down on her head. She'd do whatever it took and beat it out of there. The whole idea was to visit by turns: here today, there tomorrow. She never left empty handed neither. It was a chance to yak, find out a thing or two because, really, sticking around with that mute of a man was enough to make you flip your lid. Personally, she never had a thing to discuss with him anyhow. What can you talk about with a man in the end?
'A husband should know you from the waist down.' That's what she'd said, remembering as if it were yesterday.
'Damn it, Vica, shut up,' her sister-in-law had broken out in a token frown. The kid can hear you …You're an old lady by now, and you haven't washed your mouth out yet.'"

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