Banuta

HE wants to commit suicide. SHE thinks her life is already over. A providential encounter brings them together, two strangers in the same room, at the same table, each to their own memories, the most painful ones, flowing together almost in silence, during the most intense hour of their lives. Death, with its overbearing, ominous presence is the character hidden in the shadow, the silent witness that turns the hourglass upside down, listens to their stories and stirs their thoughts. Can Death prevail? Or will life win despite its dullness, derisory and despair?The Last Hour, a story in which the emotional suspense reaches new heights.

Alina Grozea is a Romanian journalist and writer. She graduated from The University of Bucharest’s Faculty of Constructions and decided to follow her true call in 2005, when she started writing for women’s lifestyle magazines. She was a Special Editor at ＂Tango＂ magazine, a Coordinating Editor at ＂Femeia＂ magazine, and the Editor-in-Chief of ＂Ioana＂ magazine. She previously published the anthologies of short stories Why I Can’t Find Somebody (2012) and All Roads Lead To Me (2014). She is currently writing for the online magazine www.larevista.ro and she owns and manages Cartea de Suflet publishing house.