Primul volum al trilogiei lui Mircea Cartarescu, “Orbitor”, a aparut in 2013 la editura Archipelago Books, in minunata traducere a lui Sean Cotter, cel care l-a tradus si pe Nichita Stanescu. Au aparut de-acum numeroase cronici despre acest mare roman al cosmarului, nevrozelor si salvarii in sumbrele vremuri ale dictaturii comuniste. Scriitorul, cu a sa imaginatie formidabila, creator al unui cosmos halucinant, fabulos, grotesc, misterios, bantuit de melancolie si disperare, este asezat in compania lui Burroughs si Borges. Nu cred ca gresesc numindu-l un Jonathan Swift al comunismului dinastic. Ori, daca vreti, un Franz Kafka nimerit in Paranopolis. In “Orbitor” ironia cosmica se logodeste cu revolta morala sub semnul unei aparari a subiectivitatii ranite.

In “Los Angeles Review of Books”, Bogdan Suceava scrie: “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.” Cotidianul britanic “The Independent” nu face catusi de putin economie de superlative: “The media hysterics who depict Romania solely as the home of demon migrant hordes will not care that a novelist from that country became a hot tip for the Nobel Prize in Literature this year…. Above all, Blinding insists that memory can make a world. ‘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. Bring on the next instalment – soon.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/blinding-the-left-wing-by-mircea-cartarescu-book-review–memory-and-satire-meld-magically-in-this-bucharest-tale-8970974.html

http://archipelagobooks.org/book/blinding/

Public aici articolul meu despre volumul al treilea din romanul “Orbitor” de Mircea Cartarescu. Te