Lost in translation

David Conway

IT IS NOT UNTIL LITERALLY the last page of the book, first published in 2011, that the author concedes that the Roma originally entered Europe 600 years ago “under false names, concealing their origins and telling tales about why they had to leave their homelands”. And he mentions this, absolutely appropriately, in comparing the impact of the original Roma immigration to “Europe’s reaction to the African and Arab migrants arriving on its shores” at the time of the book’s publication; a migration and a reaction which are today greatly magnified. A cogent book on European societies’ reactions to other cultures, including proper historical analyses, reflecting on the present situation, featuring the long-standing social islands of Roma (and indeed Jews) dwelling in their midst, and at least partially seeking to isolate…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2023

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