Today we talk about WAITING FOR YOU AT THE TERMINUS STATION, a book by RADU SALVAN, published with our publishing house Europe Books.
Europe Books had the pleasure of interviewing the author RADU SALVAN to get to know him better, what was the moment that brought him to the writing of his book WAITING FOR YOU AT THE TERMINUS STATION, as well as the authors of the present and/or the past he takes as a model.
Below you can find our interview. Take a seat and enjoy your reading!!!
- What is the moment that brought you to the writing of your book?
That was the moment when life itself decided and created the conditions for this unique story of life and love to unfold. This sublime feeling, in its entirety, can be found in the pages of the book—in the dialogues, experiences, and expressions of the characters—in a completely new way. Here’s an excerpt from a dialogue between the writer and his friend Walter: “We both know that love is the very essence of the universe, its supreme law. Without this feeling, we would not exist; the whole universe would not exist, creation itself would not have been.” No other way of answering the question about the moment that led to the writing of this book could be more explicit, clearer, or more credible than what I have already conveyed in its pages. In the chapter “Waiting for you at the end of the line,” which is also the title of the book, the writer is on a terrace, having coffee and reading a book, when he meets Senna, the heroine. This is how this unique and emotional story truly begins. To know it, to understand its depths and splendour, to resonate with it, you must open its pages. I invite you to do so!
- What are the messages you want to communicate to your readers with your book?
The main message of the book is introduced at the very beginning, addressed particularly to “women with a free spirit who refuse to believe in a life where love no longer exists. I hope they are not few!” Of course, there are other reflections throughout the story, woven into the contexts in which the characters find themselves:
– Discovering the truth worth living for.
– The risk of dulling the senses, emotions, and compassion, leading people of this era into loneliness and a harmful, sickly selfishness.
– Humanity’s return to pure feelings: love, joy, friendship, and more.
– The importance of not being indifferent or detached from the society in which one lives.
– The significance of continuing to believe in life, love, and its supreme values, with the book itself being the most representative form of art.
- Which authors of the present and / or the past do you take as a model?
No matter how old-fashioned, ordinary, or repetitive it may seem, because they are the models of universal literature, I cannot help but recall Goethe and Tolstoy. (I allow myself this subjective motivation, trusting in the reader’s wisdom not to judge me as conceited or overly self-assured—after all, I share the same birthday, August 28th, with these two titans.) I also admire the writings of Thomas Mann, Victor Hugo, H. D. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, Albert Camus, André Gide, Umberto Eco, James Joyce, Mario Vargas Llosa, Ernesto Sabato, Jorge Luis Borges, and many others, both classic and contemporary.
- How was your publishing experience?
Very interesting. I don’t have much experience being published outside of my native country, aside from one instance. Recently, I wrote a science fiction book titled Little Banker, inspired by the famous works The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and The Little Lord by F. H. Burnett. The book explores a modern and relevant topic. The story takes place on Wall Street in New York, in a world dominated by competition, money, and the pursuit of success—ingredients that everyone seems to desire. The hero of the book, a child prodigy, becomes the manager of the largest bank in America—Bank of America—at just 14 years old. What amazed me was how fate led me to publish this book with Austin Macauley Publishers, whose headquarters are located right on Wall Street in New York. Although the outcome didn’t quite meet my expectations, I learned how much direction and chance play crucial roles in achieving success. We live in an era where commercialization drives nearly everything (some might call it a necessity). However, this should not affect art in general, and certainly not literature. As for my experience with Europe Books, I find it interesting, albeit with some minor challenges. Still, I hope that in the end, it will prove beneficial for the author, the publishing house, and the reader.
- Are you working on a new writing project you can tell us about?
I wrote a book of meditative poetry (my only one) titled Time Without Time. I hold onto this premonition, which is why I have several projects on my work table. My writings so far have spanned a variety of literary genres: autobiography, science fiction, a novel about life and love, a children’s book, a conceptual work called Book 6—hard to explain, yet easy to read in 14 seconds, and praised by Romania’s greatest contemporary poet, Ioan Mureșan, who said, “It is splendid!”—and a book of reflections titled Rivers from the Mind. I once toyed with the idea of writing on a current topic under the title The Price Paid, which is complex and demands extensive research (but what worthwhile endeavour is simple?). I hope to complete it one day. I also confess that I would love to write a book of essays. Why not?
Europe Books thanks the author RADU SALVAN once again for taking the time and answering our questions. We are really pleased to have walked alongside him on the editorial path that led to the publication of his book WAITING FOR YOU AT THE TERMINUS STATION. We wish him the best of luck for his book and for his future works.
To you, my dear reader, I hope that this book full of messages will excite you and allow you to rediscover those pure and engaging emotions and feelings, in whatever form they present themselves to you; to listen to the messages that the universe sends you, to know how to grasp them and to do the best that you can do with and through them.
So, my dear reader, all I have to say is to enjoy your reading!
Your Editor!