![]() ![]() ![]() Cărtărescu constantly reinvents them, in the process reinventing himself in books that seek to unpack the infinite layers of what we call reality. You could say that his work is a kind of love letter to Bucharest, to its mythologies and legends, to the history of the city and those who inhabit it. His own writing- unclassifiable, visionary, devastating- has been recognized by some of the most prestigious prizes in Europe and has a growing number of devotees around the world. This is down, in part, to his looks- the piercing gaze and wry smile, the long hair and almost adolescent slimness-, but also to his enduring sense of wonder at what he calls “the vast poem in which we live,” and, above all, to his boundless passion for literature. ![]() At sixty plus, Mircea Cărtărescu (Bucharest, 1956) still retains an intriguingly youthful air. ![]()
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