Formative friendships

Some friendships from childhood and youth contributed directly to my formation. I brought them together in an essay about closeness between men and the way such bonds continue to live on in memory.

• Friendships on a Fine Line
  A reflection on friendship between men, illustrated through three bonds from my formative years.
• Mircea – the continuity of beginnings
  The friend from across the street, raised in the same neighbourhood and a lasting witness to a shared world.
• Nicu – trust
  A close friendship linked to my student years, Groapa Florii, and the support I received in difficult moments.
• Gabi – confession
  A friendship born in the army stage, between complicity, charm, confession and the memory of an unrepeatable youth.

Other important people

• General Paul (Pavel) Teodorescu
  Uncle Radu’s superior during the interwar period; an important name in the Romanian army and, at the same time, a discreet presence in family memory as Jeni’s friend.

The list will be expanded as other people and other relationships take the form of memoir pages of their own.