“Taina care ma apara” – book of 2008

Grigore Vieru’s “Taina care ma apara” (“Secret that Protects Me”) published in 2008 is the most read book of last year, according to the rankings of the National Library. The list of the most popular books was presented at the International Book Fair 2009, Info-Prim Neo reports. The last book that appeared during the poet’s life was printed at the publishing house “Princeps – Edit”in Iasi. Another two most read books of 2008 are: “Cartea Foametei” (“Hunger’s Book”) by Larisa Turea (Curtea Veche publishing house, Bucharest 2008) and “Evadarea din fresca” (“Escape from the Fresco”) by Marcela Benea (Cartea Moldovei publishing house, 2008). The list also includes “Romanii din jurul Romaniei în imagini. Album-monografie” by Vasile Siomaru; “O samă de cuvinte” by Aureliu Busuioc, “Copii vitregi ai istoriei sau se cauta o revoluţie pentru Basarabia” by Dan Nicu, “Istoria ilustrata a românilor de la origini pana la Marea Unire” by Ion Turcanu, “Si totusi limba romana” by Vlad Pohila. The rankings of the most read ten books of 2008 close with “Neamul Cain” by Dumitru Matcovschi and “Lenin fara machiaj- teroarea intelectualitatii sovietice” by Mariana Taranu. The list was compiled on the basis of a survey carried out in libraries, cinemas, theaters, etc. Half of the respondents were from Chisinau. According to Nina Negru, the head of the National Library’s Studies and Researches Service, the classic writers were not included in the list of proposed books. “We are always looking for something new. We do not center on republishing, but on what the Bessarabians publish in Moldova and other countries. “There are many young people that study in Romania or other countries and remain there forever. Many of them publish books, but we don’t even know about them. That’s why, we proposed national writers that issued books in Moldova and abroad,” Negru said.