The Forbidden Forest
First French edition | |
| Author | Mircea Eliade |
|---|---|
| Original title | Noapte de Sânziene |
| Translator | Mac Linscott Ricketts Mary Park Stevenson |
| Language | Romanian |
| Publisher | Éditions Gallimard |
Publication date | 22 September 1955 |
| Publication place | Romania |
Published in English | 1978 |
| Pages | 645 |
The Forbidden Forest (Romanian: Noaptea de Sânziene; French: Forêt interdite) is a 1955 novel by the Romanian writer Mircea Eliade. The story takes place between 1936 and 1948 in Bucharest and several other European cities, and follows a Romanian man who is on a spiritual quest while being torn between two women. The book was written between the years 1949 and 1954. It contains several elements and themes which also appear in the author's scholarly work, such as initiation rites and the division between sacred and profane time.