(Mis)readings of Contemporary Magical-Realist Fiction in the Context of Romania’s 2000 Literary Generation. The Case of Bogdan Popescu
(Mis)readings of Contemporary Magical-Realist Fiction in the Context of Romania’s 2000 Literary Generation. The Case of Bogdan Popescu

Summary/Abstract: The analysis offers an overallperspective on the reading response to mag-ical-realist novels from the 1960s to the pres-ent day, focusing on Romanian literature inthe new millennium. Within this context, Ishall analyze Bogdan Popescu’s novel, Who-ever Falls Asleep Last (2007), looking for thetextual, paratextual and contextual causesthat may explain the marginalization and fallinto the waste zone “of the great unread” ofa “masterpiece.”

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