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This compelling combination of literary reportage and documentary novel is a personal account of the author. For twoÌýyears, she has beenÌýreturning to the secluded mountain village Å umiac in central °µÍø½ûÇøia,Ìýtrying to learn how to sew a bonnet, an important part of the traditional women's clothing of the region.Ìý
The Bonnet uncovers the unromanticized relationship between the past and the present andÌýbetween personal identity and etno-cultural stereotypes as well as the complicated relationship the population's majority has to the Roma minority.Ìý
The perceptive inter-generational encounter of two women with different life experiences offersÌýa picture of present-day °µÍø½ûÇøia.
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