Mircea Cărtărescu: Orbitor Vol 1, Aripa stângă (Blinding – The Left Wing)
The latest addition to my website is Mircea Cărtărescu's Orbitor Vol 1, Aripa stângă (Blinding – The Left Wing), the first book in a trilogy (and the only one of…
Aftermath
I recently attended an exhibition at Tate Britain called Aftermath, exploring the impact of World War One on British, German and French art. I have long been fascinated by this…
Dumitru Tsepeneag: La belle Roumaine (La Belle Roumaine)
The latest addition to my website is Dumitru Tsepeneag's La belle Roumaine (La Belle Roumaine). This is another totally anarchic and gloriously funny novel from Tsepeneag. The eponymous beautiful Romanian…
Dumitru Tsepeneag (Țepeneag): Hotel Europa (Hotel Europa)
The latest addition to my website is Dumitru Tsepeneag's Hotel Europa (Hotel Europa). This is a hilarious, anarchic novel about an unnamed Romanian narrator (clearly based on Tsepeneag himself) who…
Norman Manea: Plicul negru (The Black Envelope)
The latest addition to my website is Norman Manea's Plicul negru (The Black Envelope), the last novel Manea published in Romania before emigrating to the United States. It tells the…
Norman Manea: Vizuina (The Lair)
The latest addition to my website is Norman Manea's Vizuina (The Lair). This is a superb novel about exile, focussing on four Romanian exiles but, in particular, Peter Gașpar. His…
Bogdan Suceavă: Miruna, o poveste (Miruna, A Tale)
The latest addition to my website is Bogdan Suceavă's Miruna, o poveste (Miruna, A Tale). Suceavă spent much of his childhood with his grandparents in the remote Romanian countryside and…
Herta Müller: Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt (The Passport)
The latest addition to my website is Herta Müller's Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt (The Passport). This short novel tells the story of a small German…
Herta Müller: Heute wär ich mir lieber nicht begegnet (The Appointment)
The latest addition to my website is Herta Müller's Heute wär ich mir lieber nicht begegnet (The Appointment). This is a grim tale of life in Communist Romania. The narrator…
Cezar Petrescu: Întunecare (Gathering Clouds)
The latest addition to my website is Cezar Petrescu's Cezar Petrescu: Întunecare (Gathering Clouds), another early twentieth century Romanian novel. This one was originally three volumes but, sadly, only the…