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Dr Teodor Flonta was Head of the Italian program at the University of Tasmania, Australia for almost two decades. In 1995 he founded De Proverbio the world's first multilingual electronic publisher of proverb studies and collections

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Flonta, Teodor
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In a previous review, I gave it 3 stars due to a misunderstanding on my part. I thank the author Teodor for making me aware of my mistake in a kind and patient way.

A Dictionary of English and Spanish Equivalent Proverbs is a wonderful and robust resource for anyone who wants to learn the spanish language and culture and even acquire wisdom.
 
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jasoncomely | Dec 28, 2017 |
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I received this book as an ebook free from the author through LibraryThing in exchange for an honest review. This is the most incredible book that I’ve read related to this time period of Communism in Russia and the European countries that are part of the Russian Empire. I find Communism a very interesting economic system of government compared to our system of government in the USA. I am so thankful that I live in the USA, “The land of the free.” Teodor was very fortunate that he had such a caring, loving, and supportive family while being viciously and cruelly mistreated in the name of Communism to achieve “a luminous future.” There is a very sad, serious, and scary aspect to this book but the author also lets us see some lighthearted and funny moments in his life. Despite all of the injustice he endured Teodor’s life is a success story. The pictures of Teodor and his family at the end were wonderful. This book really made me think and I was very impressed by Teodor’s insight, grit, and stamina. Let us not take our freedoms for granted and let us never forget the brutal injustices that many others have suffered.… (altro)
 
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iadam | Oct 12, 2014 |
A Luminous Future is a riveting eye-witness account of the inner strength it takes, for a young child, his family, and the people of his little village, to overcome adversity during a brutal period in the history of Transilvania. The book is written with the goal of learning to recognize injustice, which was indelibly impressed in his mind.

The book is a reflection of the author on events that happened in his childhood, and is told in the voice of a man, not a child. This allows the author the liberty of using a richer, fuller language, and to offer a broad description of the historical context, in a way that would not be accommodated through a child’s voice. “More than fifty years have passed since I witnessed my father’s arrest … I’ve since left Romania, lived in Italy, and ultimately settled in Australia. No matter where I’ve been, though, those scenes have continued to play in my head.”

To me, the title of the book can be read as having two opposite connotations: first, the ironic connotation of empty promises by the communists, “… villages were crawling with clean-shaven people from the city who spied on everybody, asked uncomfortable questions and insisted that the villagers join the Workers’ Party, in exchange for promises of a new life and a luminous future.”

But second, and perhaps more profound, is the positive connotation of writing about the past as a way to shine a bright light to the future, “For my new grandson, for future grandchildren, and for anybody interested in learning how a wicked regime trampled brutally on innocent people’s lives.” It is the value of life, tradition, and the capacity for survival, inherited from ancestors, played by us, and given through us to a future generation.

Five stars.
… (altro)
 
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Uvi_Poznansky | 1 altra recensione | May 12, 2014 |
I was given this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is an amazing story of a boy growing up in Romania under the Communism regime. You learn the many sacrifices the parents made, the trials the family went through and the joy of the end of communism. I was so happy the father lived to see the fall of Communism. I found tears in my eyes at times and a smile on my face at others. Such an amazing family and a wonderfully written story.
 
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sportzmomof5 | 1 altra recensione | Sep 30, 2013 |

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ISBN
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