THE PLACE OF MELANCHOLY IN ABRAXAS

In his new novel, Abraxas (trans. Nicolas Cavaillès, Gallimard), Bogdan-Alexandru Stănescu presents Mihai Lucescu, a history professor in the midst of an existential crisis, who undertakes to construct a palace of memory. Each door opened within this mental architecture reveals a mosaic of memories, intertwining personal history with collective narratives. Through this novel, the author explores melancholy as a driving force for remembrance and as a key to a dialogue between past and present. Publisher, essayist, translator of Faulkner and Joyce, and a major figure in Romanian literature, he continues here his reflection on memory and its inner labyrinths, offering a sensitive meditation on the weight of loss and the possibility of reinventing one’s relationship with time.

Duration: 1 hour
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