Nostalgia, Cartarescu Mircea, Semilian Julian

A dreamlike novel of memory and magic, Nostalgia turns the dark world of Communist Bucharest into a place of strange enchantments. Here a man plays increasingly death-defying games of Russian Roulette, a child messiah works his magic in the tenements, a young man explores gender boundaries, a woman relives her youth and an architect becomes obsessed with the sound of his new car horn – with unexpected consequences.

Blending reality and symbolism, time and myth, this is a cult masterwork from Romania’s most celebrated writer.

Opis

A dreamlike novel of memory and magic, Nostalgia turns the dark world of Communist Bucharest into a place of strange enchantments. Here a man plays increasingly death-defying games of Russian Roulette, a child messiah works his magic in the tenements, a young man explores gender boundaries, a woman relives her youth and an architect becomes obsessed with the sound of his new car horn – with unexpected consequences.

Blending reality and symbolism, time and myth, this is a cult masterwork from Romania’s most celebrated writer.

Dodatkowe informacje

Autorzy

Cartarescu Mircea, Semilian Julian

Tytuł

Nostalgia

Wydawca

Penguin Books

ISBN

978-0-241-44891-5

EAN

9780241448915

Tematyka

Literatura obcojęzyczna