Gaudeamus

In this exuberant and touching portrait of youth, Eliade recounts the fictional version of his university years in late 1920's Bucharest. Marked by a burgeoning desire to "suck out all the marrow of life," the protagonist throws himself into his studies; engaging his professors and peers in philosophical discourse, becoming one of the founding members of the Student's Union, and opening-up the attic refuge of his isolated teenage years as a hotspot for political debate and romantic exploration. Readers will recognize in these pages the joy of a life about to blossom, of the search for knowledge and the desire for true love. This follow-up to Diary of a Short-Sighted Adolescent reveals a keen observer of human behavior, a seeker of truth and spiritual fulfillment whose path would eventually lead him to become the ultimate historian of 20th-century religions.

• | Author: Mircea Eliade, Christopher Bartholomew
• | Publisher: Istros Books
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 180 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1908236345
• | ISBN-13: 9781908236340