Nostalgia (Penguin Modern Classics)

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.\r\n \r\nBlending reality and symbolism, time and myth, this is a cult masterwork from Romania's most celebrated writer.\r\n\r\nCartarescu is one of the great literary voices of Central Europe. - Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel Prize winner and author of Flights\r\n \r\nA Danubian Narnia... his writing delivers a rainbow-hued riot of fantasy, imagination and invention. - Boyd Tonkin, Spectator\r\n