'Visionary... almost as if David Lynch had dramatised the prophetic books of William Blake' Boyd Tonkin, Financial Times
'This is writing of overwhelming accomplishment' Chris Power, Observer
An enthralling, hallucinatory masterwork by one of Central Europe's most celebrated novelists
'We exist between the past and future like the vermiform body of a butterfly, in between its two wings'
Beneath the streets of communist Bucharest linger hidden passageways, lost to memory. Here, sprawling hospitals give way to travelling circuses and underground jazz clubs, and Cartarescu's childhood, prehistory and visionary fever dreams are woven into the landscape of the city, haunted by secret police and zombie hoards.
Part visceral dream-memoir, part phantasmic pilgrimage, Mircea Cartarescu's Blinding is one of the most widely heralded literary sensations in contemporary Romania, and a fascinating, kaleidoscopic journey into the past.
| ISBN: | 9780241754894 |
| Publication date: | 13th November 2025 |
| Author: | Mircea Cartarescu |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 432 pages |
| Series: | Penguin International Writers |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction Narrative theme: Politics Narrative theme: Sense of place Fiction in translation Classic fiction: general and literary Magical realism Family Drama Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction |
'Visionary... almost as if David Lynch had dramatised the prophetic books of William Blake' Boyd Tonkin, Financial Times 'This is writing of overwhelming accomplishment' Chris Power, Observer An enthralling, hallucinatory masterwork by one of Central Europe's most celebrated novelists'We exist between the past and future like the vermiform body of a butterfly, in between its two wings'Beneath the streets of communist Bucharest linger hidden passageways, lost to memory. Here, sprawling hospitals give way to travelling circuses and underground jazz clubs, and Cartarescu's childhood, prehistory and visionary fever dreams are woven into the landscape of the city, haunted by secret police and zombie hoards.Part visceral dream-memoir, part phantasmic pilgrimage, Mircea Cartarescu's Blinding is one of the most widely heralded literary sensations in contemporary Romania, and a fascinating, kaleidoscopic journey into the past.
Blinding features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Fiction in translation, Classic fiction: general and literary, Magical realism, Family Drama, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction
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Blinding was written by Mircea Cartarescu and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Blinding has 432 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin International Writers series
£15.29, reduced from £16.99. Temporarily Out Of Stock.