Blinding Vol. 1 by Mircea Cărtărescu | BOOK REVIEW

“Blinding” by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter

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First published by Editura Humanitas, 1996
Published by Archipelago, 2013
Paperback, 464 pages
ISBN: 1935744844
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Sections:
00:00 Prelude
02:17 Preamble and Context
04:39 Cărtărescu’s Opus
08:05 Publication History
11:24 Translation
17:08 The Tyranny of Plot
23:08 Structural Conceit
33:04 Memory & Imaginative Construction
45:45 A New Religion
54:18 End Notes

Readings from p. 22, 40, 43, 74, 88, 128, 252, 284, 309, 339, 311, 313, 338, 462

Secondary Resources:
1. WWB – An Interview with Mircea Cărtărescu: https://bit.ly/3wcJuC1
2. Mircea Cărtărescu by Ella Veres: https://bit.ly/3M0GUFT
3. Music & Lit – In Conversation with Mircea Cărtărescu: https://bit.ly/3yqq27y
4. Humanitas (Publishing House): https://bit.ly/3vYrnRj
5. CATranslation – Sean Cotter Interview: https://bit.ly/3KYOhfu
6. Archipelago Books - About: https://archipelagobooks.org/about/
7. Archipelago Books: https://bit.ly/3Ft8d9o
8. EuroLit Network – From BLINDING: https://bit.ly/3M49ING
9. Archipelago – Translator Sean Cotter: https://bit.ly/38bjNd9
10. Open Letter Books: https://www.openletterbooks.org/
11. HuffPost – Sean Cotter on Translating Blinding: https://bit.ly/3wiX2fh
12. KCRW Bookworm – David Foster Wallace 1996: https://kcrw.co/38ku2M1
13. Anca Balcanu – Real & Fantastic Bucharest (2007): https://bit.ly/3vV2m9F
14. KROnline - We Are All the Result of Chaos: https://bit.ly/3yoAsEu

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Music: “Reading Music Vol. 2” by Christopher Charles Robinson
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