About the book: 1973 / The novel "Europolis" by the famous Romanian writer Jean Bart (1877-1933) tells about the events that stirred up the peculiar life of the small Romanian port of Sulina at the beginning of our century . The whole town is in turmoil when one of its natives returns from America after an absence of forty years. However, the hopes of many townspeople for enrichment turn into bitter disappointment, since the “American uncle” returned home as a beggar, and his arrival turned out to be fraught with only grief for many of his loved ones and for himself, and ultimately led to their death.