In its statement the Norwegian Critics’s Union writes that Orbitor. Aripa Stângă is part of a partially autobiographical trilogy begun in 1996 and just finished in 2007. Young Mircea’s childhood and adolescence in
Bucharest are supported by nuanced language full of emotion, and they are described in such a way that the lost universe of childhood with all its fantasies…discoveries and states of change come through with glass-like clarity. Metamorphosis and memory are leitmotifs in this hyper-realist novel. Steiner Lone’s profound interest in culture and history and his deep interest in this particular writer contribute to the recreation of Cărtărescu’s special style and the recreation of the novel’s complex literary architecture.
