They travel endlessly and seem to appear
almost everywhere, yet they are the world's
most mysterious people: Gypsies. Fonseca has
entered into their world, living and travelling
with Gypsies during several long trips to
Eastern Europe, and she has brought back an
insightful, highly personal, and very readable
account of who the Gypsies are and how they
live. The Gypsies have a legendary aversion
to 'gadje,' or outsiders, but Fonseca has
lifted the curtain and written gracefully
about their lives on the edge of society.
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