Category Archives: Fiction

Theodoros by Mircea Cărtărescu

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Andrei

Reluctant to wait for the first translations of Mircea Cărtărescu’s latest novel to start coming out in the second half of 2024, I taught myself enough Romanian to read it in the original. This “pseudo-historical novel”, as the author prefers … Continue reading →

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Graduate School (Aspirantūra) by Margarita Perveņecka

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Andrei

Ever since I first learnt about C. P. Snow’s lecture The Two Cultures and the heated debate around it, I have been fascinated by the possibilities offered by any text or work of art that could bridge the notorious gap … Continue reading →

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That City (Esa ciudad) by Javier Pastor

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Andrei

In January 2007, a colloquium dedicated to the publication of Javier Pastor’s second novel That City (Esa ciudad) took place in the La Central bookstore in Barcelona. During the discussion, the prose of Joyce and Céline was evoked, and the … Continue reading →

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