Blinding by Mircea Cărtărescu

Blinding

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Mircea Cărtărescu with Sean Cotter (Translator)

464 pages first pub 1996 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary fantasy magical realism
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Part visceral dream-memoir, part fictive journey through a hallucinatory Bucharest, Mircea Cărtărescu’s Blinding was one of the most widely heralded literary sensations in contemporary Romania, and a bestseller from the day of its release. Riddled...

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Community Reviews

4.09
based on 121 reviews

Moods

challenging: 100%

reflective: 85%

mysterious: 71%

dark: 57%

adventurous: 42%

funny: 42%

tense: 28%

emotional: 14%

hopeful: 14%

inspiring: 14%

sad: 14%


Pace

25% of readers chose medium
75% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

14% of readers chose Plot
42% of readers chose A mix
28% of readers chose Character
14% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

28% of readers chose Yes
28% of readers chose Complicated
42% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

28% of readers chose Yes
28% of readers chose Complicated
42% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

42% of readers chose Yes
57% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

14% of readers chose Yes
42% of readers chose Complicated
42% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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