“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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