What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

About 30+ years ago I read my first sf book in Romanian, while in Romania (I was a nerdy child, and read Balzac in 2d grade, etc.) The book I ask about was about a scientist who, after his body died (was murdered?!) has his brain preserved, functioning and, somehow, communicating. "He" is very unhappy about his state and wishes to die, or maybe occupy a body. He is definitely a positive character (maybe, I was only 10 or so when I read it).
I emigrated to Israel with my parents when I was 11 and not allowed to take with us more than one suitcase or so per person. I left the book behind, but never forgot it.
Anybody anything? (It's not Broca's Brain.)

Do you remember if the book was originally written in Romanian, or translated to Romanian from another language?

No, nothing about the author. I actually looked up stuff on Romanian sci fi and found nothing. Now that I think about it, it was one of three novellas in the book - wow, this is the first time I've thought about it in many many years!
Thanks, Nikki.

It sounds similar to William and Mary, by Roald Dahl.

http://www.roalddahlfans.com/shortsto...

Anna wrote: "It sounds similar to William and Mary, by Roald Dahl.

http://www.roalddahlfans.com/shortsto..."

Thanks, Anna. I looked it up and it sounds like fun, but the one I'm talking about was not Dahl tongue-in-cheek, but serious. The brain was in a lab and continued the life work of its human predecessor.
It did make me a life-long fan of science fiction, or rather speculative fiction, the kind used as a commentary of our world (of the ilk of It Couldn't Happen Here, which I have just finished and left me in shock'n awe, since Lewis wrote it in 1935, well before 1984).

A Romanian colleague (who is very into sci-fi) suggested it might be Aşteptând în Ghermana”(„Waiting in Ghermana”) by Dănuţ Ungureanu. I don't know why - haven't read it myself, and haven't, so far, found a description of it.

He also suggested checking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian....

Anna, are you Romanian, or is this the magic of cut'n paste? I myself pretty much forgot Romanian, or so I thought, until I started to read
Romanian stuff on the web. It's fun to remember.
Thanks. I'm going to look into it too.

Drora wrote: "Anna, are you Romanian, or is this the magic of cut'n paste? I myself pretty much forgot Romanian, or so I thought, until I started to read
Romanian stuff on the web. It's fun to remember.
Thanks..."

Nope, not Romanian, just have friendly Romanian colleagues! Let me know if you find this, or if you remember any more details.

Sounds possibly like "Donovan's Brain", allowing for a bit of fuzziness affecting the memory (happens to me a lot). The plot was loosely used in a few different movies.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/97...

I'm going to shoot the OP a private message and see if they're still wanting to know. She/He was active just a couple of months ago, so a fair chance.

Well, no reply, so I think this can be moved to 'Abandoned'.