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The seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu listens to rock music, reads poetry, and dreams… However, thought is a deadly crime in Romania, and anything that leads to its commission must be eradicated; freedom, language, human feelings. Anyone who commits a thought crime must be led to death reformed and loyal to the ideals of a monarch.
In an era of isolation, the Securitate approaches Cristian to become an informant. He is intelligent, speaks English, and has access to the home of an American diplomat. Guilt climbs up to his throat… The agent has a file and blackmails him. The boy is forced to enlist.
Who betrayed me? He goes against his beliefs and the teachings of his grandfather. He cannot trust anyone, not even his beloved Liliana. At home, they speak in whispers. There are "bugs" hidden in walls, phones, lamps... The lack of trust is a form of terror. They plant doubts and scatter fear. Who was watching me?
Winter is ending, and words of freedom are whispered on the streets of the country. Libertate. And Cristian cannot disappoint them, even if the gunfire in the distance draws nearer...
Based on true events from the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Ruta Sepetys narrates an Orwellian thriller about a corner of history defined by silence, pain, and the unwavering faith in the human spirit.
Manufacturer
- Author
- Ruta Sepetys
- Publisher
- Dioptra
- Original Title
- I must betray you
- Publishers
- Dioptra
- Type
- Historical Novel
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 408
- Release Date
- 16/11/2022
- Publication Date
- 2022
- Dimensions
- 14x20.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789606539916
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