Superficial differences exist for sure, but the basic structure is the same. And those schools, more or less, are very similar. Most people across the globe go to school, regardless if you are 10 years old in Cuba, Nairobi, Shanghai or Malmö. Here we have a culture, a people (even though even the classification of the Roma as “a people” is not unproblematic in itself, see the quote below), that seem so foreign, to what almost all cultures across the globe have “assimilated into”. maybe what strikes me first and foremost, is, truly, how hard it is for me to u n d e r s t a n d the Roma way of life, sentiment and culture. It evokes so much in me, it’s hard to know where to start. Secondly, Bury me standing is a daunting read. Informative, detailed, perplexing, shocking and sometimes even downright horrendous. It is one way to combat the narrowing of my filter bubble, for sure. Tonight was the first GIFTED book club meet-up after the summer, and the book of the day was Bury me standingby Isabel Fonseca.Ī Roma proverb by Manush Romanov, which he called out to Isabel at the end of a mutual visit in Sofia.įirst of all – this meet-up marks our one-year-anniversary, and I have to say, I’ve read books I most likely would not have read, had it not been for the book club. I should not be sitting here, in the sofa, closer to 11 pm, after a long day, when I still haven’t even begun packing my trip to Stockholm tomorrow morning… but I am.

Bury me standing by isabel fonseca