: The flow of the verses mimics the chanting of the women who traditionally perform the rite.
George Meniuc, a "master of the word" and an "elegiac" spirit of Bessarabian literature, manages in his novella Caloianul to transcend simple folkloric description, reaching a profound level of aesthetic transfiguration. The work is not merely a story about a drought-defying ritual but an investigation into the creative act and the artist's destiny in a pragmatic world. caloianul de george meniuc pdf hot