“Reading Cartarescu’s prose is like opening a door into an incredibly messy room that at the same time manifests an almost meticulous kind of order.” One of the most exciting novelists in Romania, Mircea Cartarescu has reached the status of a pop-star. An emblematic figure of the 80s generation, his visceral writings, popular tales, and urban legends envelop the reader in stories about life’s chaos with multi-sensory experiences.