Romanian language
Published Sept. 22, 1955 by Éditions Gallimard.
The Forbidden Forest
Mircea Eliade: The Forbidden Forest (Romanian language, 1955, Éditions Gallimard)
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The Forbidden Forest (Romanian: Noaptea de Sânziene; French: Forêt interdite) is a 1955 novel by the Romanian writer Mircea Eliade. The story takes place between 1936 and 1948 in Bucharest and several other European cities, and follows a Romanian man who is on a spiritual quest while being torn between two women. The book was written between the years 1949 and 1954. It contains several elements and themes which also appear in the author's scholarly work, such as initiation rites and the division between sacred and profane time.