A Literary Landmark: Mircea Cărtărescu’s "Blinding: The Left Wing" Launches in the UK
Thu 20 Nov
|Romanian Cultural Institute
‘We exist between the past and future like the vermiform body of a butterfly, in between its two wings.’
Time & Location
20 Nov 2025, 19:00 – 21:00
Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PH, UK
About the event
The Romanian Cultural Institute in London is honoured and overjoyed to host Mircea Cărtărescu, one of Europe’s most imaginative and influential literary voices, for a special series of events marking the UK launch of Blinding: The Left Wing, the first volume of his monumental Blinding trilogy, translated by Sean Cotter and newly published by Penguin.
The UK tour will take place at Bookhaus Bristol and Waterstones King’s Road, and culminate in a special evening at the Romanian Cultural Institute in London, where the author will be in dialogue with journalist and editor Miriam Bălănescu. Miriam is a literary and film critic who writes for the Financial Times, The Observer, the BBC and Prospect Magazine, among other outlets.
On this page, you can ONLY confirm your attendance at the RCI London event. See below for other tour dates.
Tuesday 18 November, 6pm / Bookhaus Bristol
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