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Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey (Paperback)

by Isabel Fonseca (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New Ed edition (5 Sep 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099740214
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099740216
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 61,167 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Gypsies have always intrigued and fascinated - partly because of their mysterious origins, and partly because of the romance of nomadism. But because they resist assimilation, having survived as a distinct people for over a thousand years, they have also been the victims of other people's nationalism and xenophobia. In this fascinating and timely study, Fonseca focuses particularly on the gypsies in Eastern Europe (an estimated 6 million), and their future as a distinct race within a nationalist Europe. While researching the book, Fonseca learned Romany and stayed with the gypsies, becoming deeply involved with their lives, and befriending several gypsy kings. The result is a clolourful and frank book, filled with enthusiasm and curiosity, without lapsing into piety or romanticism.


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'A grand panorama of European gypsydom, its history, its present condition and future prospects' Jan Morris, Sunday Times

‘Isabel Fonseca’s book is a passionate and dramatic defense of the defenceless… This beautifully written story speaks in a way of all who do not want to submit to the reverses of fortune, who seek their own place on earth’ Ryszard Kapuscinski

Fabled, feared, romanticised and reviled, the Gypsies – or Roma – are among the least understood people on earth. Now a diaspora of twelve million, their culture remains largely obscure. But in Isabel Fonseca they have found an eloquent witness.

In Bury Me Standing, alongside unforgettable portraits of individuals – the poet, the politician, the child prostitute – Fonseca offers sharp insights in to the humour, language, wisdom and taboos of the Roma. She traces their exodus out of India 1,000 years ago and their astonishing history of persecution: enslaved by the princes of medieval Romania; massacred by the Nazis; forcible assimilated by the communist regimes; and evicted from their settlements by nationalist mobs in Eastern Europe and, most recently, in Western Europe as well. Whether as handy scapegoats or figments of the romantic imagination, the Gypsies have always been with us – but never before have they been brought so vividly to life.

'A remarkable achievement. A gripping, original work' Edward W. Said

Featuring a new afterword by the author

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is brilliantly written, politically astute, and moving, 29 Mar 2001
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This is an extraordinary book and will change the way you see not only gypsies or Roma, but yourself. It portrays with depth and sensitivity the lives of gypsy communities across Europe, catalogues the tale of appallingly little know horrors to which they've been subject, and makes the reader grapple with his or her own (not so)hidden prejudices. Isabel Fonseca also has an extraordinary voice and ability to craft language. I have asked everyone I've met or spoken to for the past week to read this book and can only suggest that you do the same.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A most empathetic travelogue., 9 Dec 2005
A lovely book! Fonseca's travelogue is a tour-de-force, finely balanced between her own adventures and the stories of the Gypsies she meets. Her English is clear and alive. Her empathy with the people she meets is neither maudlin nor judging. She throws herself into whatever situation she meets without exaggerating, and without superiority. Her analysis is intelligent and based very much on her own experiences. A good read for anyone, and essential for anyone interested in contemporary Gypsy life and culture.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bury Me Standing: Gypsies and Their Journey, 13 Mar 2008
By Earthlingcool "Earthlingcool" (Cranbrook, Kent, England) - See all my reviews
Just to say that this book has you gripped from beginning to end and is recommended by most who have an interest in the culture of Gypsies. It is a book that enlightens you to the sensitivities of the gypsy culture and also has you in tears at the infliction of inhumane treatment towards a people who retain the way of life that most of us do not experience. Prejudice and intolerance from various barbaric dictators to the almost racist slur that come from everyday folk.
It is also interesting to learn about Roma language and how it cannot be recorded and is hard to capture as the language changes over the globe.

It is a good book and one of my most memorable reads. To understand the traveller culture then read this book. Another good book I had read was Stopping Places by Simon Evans
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