Boyd Tonkin

A Danubian Narnia: Nostalgia, by Mircea Cartarescu, reviewed

The Romanian poet and novelist evokes magic kingdoms, monsters and miracles in his tales of Bucharest filtered through memories, dreams and visions

Mircea Cartarescu photographed at the Rome Letterature International Festival in 2019. Credit: Getty Images 
issue 05 June 2021
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  • Nostalgia

    Mircea Cartarescu, translated by Julian Semilian

    Penguin Modern Classics, pp. 352, £9

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