The title "Bury me standing" comes from a proverb which describes the plight of the Gypsies: "Bury me standing. To write this book, Fonseca lived with the Gypsies of Albania and traveled through Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the former Yugoslavia, and Romania for four years. In addition, she discusses how history has affected current Gypsy settlements. In her book, Fonseca writes about the customs of the Roma (particularly, wedding, funeral rites, and their obsession with purity) and their daily lives, but she also explores their language and their mysterious origin. The book is organized in eight chapters and contains black and white photographs and maps. Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey is a non-fiction book on the lives of the Romani people by the American-Uruguayan writer Isabel Fonseca published in 1995.
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