Bury Me Standing - The Gypsies and their Journey

A grand panorama of European gypsydom, its history, its present condition, and future prospects. Fonseca's book is a passionate and dramatic defence 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. 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 Fonseca they have found an eloquent witness...

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