Ferenike, recently published by Humanitas, was launched at the Târgul Internațional Bookfest, in the presence of the author and her guests. The novel, which quickly became a bestseller, ranked among the top-selling titles, according to AGERPRES.
The first autobiographical novel by Doina Ruști, Ferenike explores the theme of death, starting from a real-life event: a murder that took place in the 1960s.
Emphasizing fabulation, Doina Ruști creates a work of fiction in which the title becomes a semantic node with multiple meanings: from the ancient figure of Ferenike to a formative teenage encounter with this character. The novel rises toward deeper aesthetic meanings, advocating for the triumph of storytelling and the power of literature. Pheréin nikē means “to triumph,” and Ferenike becomes a symbol of writing as the only certainty in a transient world.
Alongside other major titles, Ferenike by Doina Ruști ranked in the TOP 10 best-selling books published by Humanitas:
Radu Paraschivescu, În virtutea inepției
Mircea Cărtărescu, Seven Strange Years. Journal 2018–2024
Doina Ruști, Ferenike
Robert D. Kaplan, The Tragic Mind (trans. Iustin Mureșanu Ignat)
Ioana Pârvulescu (ed.), Letters to the Readers of 2125
Tatiana Niculescu, Saint No. 6
Alberto Basciani & Cristina Brăgea, Romania after World War I
Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire, Illuminati: From Secret Society to Conspiracy Theories (trans. Alunița Voiculescu)
Gabriel Liiceanu, The Second Life of My Books
Catherine Nixey, Heresy (trans. Radu Cucuteanu)
More details are available via AGERPRES
