Seduced by the charms of the โLittle Paris of the Eastโ, a chance encounter with the hot-headed composer Cello Viorin tests her attachment to her longstanding sweetheart, Gelu. In this witty, lyrical coming-of-age novel, Mihail Sebastian sensitively charts his heroineโs journey of self-awakening as she discovers the limits of her freedom and strives to shape her identity as a woman.