![]() ![]() Mérimée, and Bizet after him, charted the downfall of Carmen's lover, Don José, who relates his life story to a traveller in the novella: his passion has morphed him in stages from mother's boy to murderer. Carmen in Prosper Mérimée's CarmenĬarmen, thanks to Bizet's opera, has become the most legendary Gypsy of the lot. ![]() My second novel, Hungarian Dances, tells the story of a British-born violinist, Karina, whose discovery of hidden truths about her Hungarian family history and her formidable grandmother Mimi's Roma background challenges her own sense of identity." 1. Writers, of course, have been milking the situation for donkey's years. It's fascinating that century after century, Gypsies are both the most romanticised people on earth and the most vilified: this is almost as much the case now as it was two centuries ago. My trips to Hungary and now the recent events in Italy have left me profoundly perturbed by public attitudes to this community. "It was music, especially my passion for the violin, that drew me to the issues surrounding the Roma. ![]()
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