Egretta Press

09/10/2023

Readers all over the country seek out my staff picks. They regularly take my recommendations both in-store and online. I can sometimes hand a book to a familiar customer and tell them to buy it wit…

07/06/2022

We're excited to see a brief but positive review from the Portland Book Review on our book In The Shadow of the Apocalypse!

Thank you, Portland Book Review and Jo Niederhoff!

In 1948, Dinu Pillat finished the novel that would become the centerpiece of a trial that would lead to years of imprisonment and, possibly, his death by cancer. That novel was then stashed away in the archives of the Romanian secret service and would not be recovered until 2010. Now, after nearly a...

06/08/2022

Great deal! Amazon is currently offering In the Shadow of the Apocalypse for a 20% discount! Get your copy now!

In the Shadow of the Apocalypse

06/01/2022

In the Shadow of the Apocalypse, by Dinu Pillat! An extraordinary story of revolutionary youth in interwar Romania hijacked by fascism and extremism! A psychological thriller about young minds twisted by ideology, in a parable for our own times!

And, just in case you wanted to see the print version, here are some pictures! We know we like it quite a bit! :)

With James Christian Brown Eliza Filimon George T. Sipos

Order yours now!
https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Apocalypse-Dinu-Pillat/dp/B0B1LHGPBH/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1653072074&sr=1-1

05/27/2022

"...Vasia slowly walked down the street, his hand gripping the revolver in his right pocket. He could feel nothing special. Perhaps just a slight sensation of thirst. As it happened, he was only about fifteen meters from the prime minister’s house when the driver quickly took his place at the wheel, followed by the policeman, while the sergeant hurried to open the door. Chilled to the fingertips, Vasia gave a barely controllable start as he recognized [prime minister] Sebastian Răutu, about to step onto the footboard.

Vasia managed to hold out the revolver with a steady hand. He fired once, twice, three, four, five, six, seven, eight times at the man in front of him, who had fallen in a heap at the first shot." (Dinu Pillat, In the Shadow of the Apocalypse)

In the Shadow of the Apocalypse

05/22/2022

"In any case, at that very moment, a number of gendarmes had appeared from different directions, ready to force their way through the crowd with the butts of their rifles. The fighting had started without further ado and had rapidly engulfed the whole area of the marketplace. An uproar, like the sound of a hailstorm, with screams and oaths mingled indiscriminately, had risen deafeningly along the edge of the town, where the shutters of the booths were immediately closed. Who had fired the first shots? It was hard to tell. At one point, as he was struggling to break free from the clutches of a group of people, Rotaru had seen Andriţoiu close by, slumped on the ground, with the other comrade from theology trying desperately to help him. He had been shot in the stomach." (Dinu Pillat, In the Shadow of the Apocalypse, 1948)

In the Shadow of the Apocalypse

05/20/2022

Our first translation from Romanian literature is now available. The novel In the Shadow of the Apocalypse, by Dinu Pillat, translated from Romanian by James Christian Brown, with a cover design by Eliza Filimon! A historical fiction book with its own twisted history, In the Shadow of the Apocalypse invites you to explore the psychology behind Romania's interwar fascist movement.

It has been a joy to work on this project with Monica Pillat, the author's daughter, who also signs the Afterword: The Story of the Condemned Book. George T. Sipos signs the Introduction: A Novel of Its Time. And Ours.

In the Shadow of the Apocalypse

02/11/2022

And here it is! The cover of our first book, the English translation of Dinu Pillat's Romanian novel In the Shadow of the Apocalypse, in the extraordinary translation of James Christian Brown is ready!
Cover design by Eliza Claudia Filimon!

02/11/2022

Here is a quick look at our new website, still under construction, but coming up with many new features.

Egretta Press is a publisher of translations of books of fiction and non-fiction, as well as of original memoirs, poetry, diaries, self-help, children's and comics books.

04/08/2021

Live in two hours from the Romanian Cultural Institute in London , here is a recording of the book launch discussion Egretta Press editor George T. Sipos had with translator Gabi Reigh about the translation into English of the interwar Romanian novel Ciuleandra, by Liviu Rebreanu, and where he contributed the Introduction.

Online event marking the book launch of Ciuleandra’s English translation by Gabi Reigh, published by Cadmus Press. A discussion between Gabi Reigh and George...