Do you know who Maria Cartarescu is? She is the mother of the author Mircea Cartarescu. In the book Blinding The Left Wing,

Inside Maria Cartarescu’s shoulder handbag:

  1. 2 wristwatches without wrist bands.
  2. Some fuses
  3. A vacuum tube from an old radio
  4. Little things for the boy Mircea to play with
  5. a sheet of yellow paper wrapped around 2 braids of yellow-grey hair, tied with elastics.
  6. documents
  7. receipts
  8. rental contracts
  9. warranties
  10. yellow pills
  11. old faded pictures
  12. old coins
  13. small cross
  14. white plastic flower
  15. old, developed film rolls
  16. discharge papers
  17. medals
  18. photos of Mireica’s parents
  19. Maria’s dentures.

This is the cover I bought:

Blinding The Left Wing by Mircea Cartarescu.
Blinding The Left Wing by Mircea Cartarescu.

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