Product Information
A mesmerizing novel about the magical and gritty world of Bucharest in the 1980s by a celebrated Eastern European writer 'Gripping, impassioned, unexpected' Los Angeles Times 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780241448915
eBay Product ID (ePID)23049041864
Product Key Features
Book TitleNostalgia
AuthorMircea Cartarescu
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2021
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorMircea Cartarescu
Series TitlePenguin Modern Classics
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom