Povestea lui Zumm, Muma Zmeilor
The Story of Zumm

Summary/Abstract: The story presents a modern version of the traditional Romanian fairy-tale, encompassing a typical cast of characters within a frame of contemporary attitudes, means of verbal expression and thinking. Cărtărescu also adds a series of adapted poems as a bonus to this imaginative feast. The story of the fantastic family continues up to the happy end, maintaining the jocular tone and the humorous dialogue prefigured in the first part, along with the lyrical digressions that give the text a particular, unmistakable style and flavour. The Story of The-One-Who-Knew-Nothing (a special account of a fairy-tale lifetime. The cast of characters accompanies most appropriately the narration made in a quiet, ancestral tone of voice)

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