The ROM: Walking in the Paths of the Gypsies

by Roger Moreau

Book Overview

In the spring of 1990, Roger Moreau left a successful career in international marketing, packed his bags, and went to India. His singular purpose: to unlock one of the world's great unsolved... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550138685
• ISBN13: 9781550138689
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Key Porter Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Outcasts or inveterate travelers?

In response to the reviewer who accuses the Czechs of a crime they didn't commit, I have to say that the traveling lifestyle of the Rom people does present a problem. This lifestyle precludes them from making adequate living to feed their families, and forces them to supplement it by means that are not always legal or safe. The Czechs do see this as a problem, but their solution has been to provide jobs, living spaces, and education for the Rom children. In a great number of cases the jobs have been abandoned and the living spaces destroyed, as the recipients moved on to the next town.

Great speculative history!

I talked myself out of getting this book for almost a year, because of the word "Speculative" history. As a Romani researcher, dealing with pre-1600's gypsies, that word always makes me a little wary. But in reading this, Moreau puts forth some very interesting theories on the origins of the Roma. I think this book is more than worth its price, and that anyone interested in the origin theories should take a look at this!

Europe's Outcasts

Moreau's amazing personal account of his efforts to trace the history of the Gypsy/Rom is inspiring to anyone who wants to make sense of the past in order to avoid future social catastrophies.Unless the Gypsy/Rom of Europe are understood and accepted soon, Europe faces another Holocaust. Even in countries as EU-ready as the Czech Republic, there is much reference to the "The Gypsy Problem" evoking memories of 1930s Nazi Germany.