Plicul negru
The Black Envelope
Authoritarianism
Totalitarianism
Antisemitism
Fear
Brînduşa Nicolaescu: “A Political Novel between the Periphery and the Center: Norman Manea’s 'Plicul negru' (1986) / 'The Black Envelope' (1995).” & Natalya Bekhta: “Response to Brînduşa Nicolaescu.”
By: Brînduşa Nicolaescu, Natalya Bekhta This material is a product of the Caponeu project.
Citation:
Nicolaescu, Brînduşa. 2025. “A Political Novel between the Periphery and the Center: Norman Manea’s Plicul negru (1986) / The Black Envelope (1995).” In European Centers and Peripheries in the Political Novel (Caponeu Working Papers), edited by Kyung-Ho Cha, Ivana Perica, Aurore Peyroles, and Christoph Schaub, 100–114. https://www.caponeu.eu/cdp/materials/european-centers-and-peripheries-in-the-political-novel-caponeu-working-papers.
Bekhta, Natalya. 2025. “Response to Brînduşa Nicolaescu.” In European Centers and Peripheries in the Political Novel (Caponeu Working Papers), edited by Kyung-Ho Cha, Ivana Perica, Aurore Peyroles, and Christoph Schaub, 115–119. https://www.caponeu.eu/cdp/materials/european-centers-and-peripheries-in-the-political-novel-caponeu-working-papers.