▁The ▁political ▁novel ▁and ▁mem oir ▁Bur u ien i ▁de ▁drag ost e ▁dep ict s ▁S anda ▁Mar ines cu , ▁a ▁thin ly ▁dis gu ised ▁version ▁of ▁Mart a ▁R ă d ules cu ; ▁Rev ista ▁Me a ▁becomes ▁Rev ista ▁Rev ist elor , ▁and ▁" Just us " ▁is ▁Professor ▁Bar bu ▁Mar ines cu , ▁a ▁Fre em ason . ▁The ▁journalist ▁Tr est ier u , ▁standing ▁in ▁for ▁Cre v edia , ▁slowly ▁discovered ▁that ▁S anda ' s ▁political ▁pro se ▁is ▁actually ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁her ▁father , ▁and ▁also ▁that ▁the ▁latter ▁has ▁common place ▁political ▁opinions , ▁dict ated ▁by ▁soci ology , ▁dem ocracy , ▁and ▁Ford ism . ▁Review ing ▁the ▁work ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 7 , ▁folk lor ist ▁I os if ▁B â ti u ▁argued : ▁" The ▁national ist ▁youth ▁will ▁easily ▁recognize ▁in ▁the ▁novel ' s ▁characters , ▁ad mi rab ly ▁cont oured ▁as ▁they ▁are , ▁many ▁pione ers ▁of ▁the ▁national ist ▁movement , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁its ▁det ract ors , ▁the ▁latter ▁viewed ▁in ▁all ▁their ▁spiritual ▁em pt iness ." ▁This ▁opinion ▁was ▁contrast ed ▁by ▁that ▁of ▁P agini ▁Liter are ▁column ist ▁Rom ulus ▁Dem et res cu , ▁who ▁suggested ▁that ▁Cre v edia ▁wrote ▁a ▁" lam po on ▁[...] ▁against ▁Mart a ▁R ă d ules cu ▁' s ▁family ", ▁" do ing ▁away ▁with ▁all ▁dis