![]() What’s more, his extra-sensory vision of Bucharest (and beyond) is mind-expanding." ".Cartarescu astounds without resorting to showiness, and the sheer energy and exuberance of his language is intoxicating. "As Borges said when Joyce’s Ulysses was published, this text does not aspire to be a novel, but a cathedral.A novel with a strong original voice, a unique flavor, and well-crafted poetic language, Blinding is a delight and a surprise, a major discovery of this year. This literary experience will bring new attention to Romanian literature, a cultural destination that for decades eluded North American audiences." 'The past is everything, the future nothing.' From that past – which stretches back to encompass all of human history – Cartarescu has fashioned a novel of visionary intensity. Above all, Blinding insists that memory can make a world. Cartarescu demands much as he scrambles memory, satire, fantasy and near-mystical speculation, but amply rewards your commitment. ".a hot tip for the Nobel Prize in Literature this year. A Fiction in Translation Book of the Year, The Independent Stay with him: epiphanies and beauties abound in this deliriously ambitious work." " Blinding asks much from readers as it shifts between tender family history, Ceaușescu-era satire and visionary fantasies that recalls William S Burroughs. ![]()
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