Looking for George: Love and Death in Romania by Helena Drysdale is a hauntingly intimate memoir that intertwines personal history with the broader complexities of life under — and after — Romania’s Communist regime. In 1979, while travelling through Romania, Drysdale met George Cupar, a charismatic Orthodox priest and poet. Their fleeting but powerful connection led to an exchange of letters filled with his unflinching criticisms of the oppressive Ceaușescu regime, and ultimately a plea for escape and marriage. Then, without warning, the letters stopped.
A decade later, in the wake of the Romanian Revolution, Drysdale returned to a country gripped by paranoia and disillusionment to uncover what had become of George. What follows is a gripping and moving investigation through post-Communist Romania’s shadowed streets and forests, as Drysdale navigates layers of fear, secrecy, and lost hope. Part detective story, part travelogue, and part personal reckoning, this work captures the ache of lost connections and the brutal cost of tyranny.
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