„Ilustrata din abundenta cu desene dupa natura iesite din pana inspirata a lui Tudor Banus, Enciclopedia zmeilor de Mircea Cartarescu (controversatul autor al anilor 80) aduce pentru prima data la lumina o lume intreaga ce parea pierduta pentru totdeauna. Urme ale mitologiei zmeilor exista, e drept, in folclorul romanesc, dar, cum s-a remarcat de mult, zmeul nu are chip si nici trasaturi distinctive clare. Aceasta lipsa e suplinita din plin de cele douasprezece specii de zmei prezentate aici impreuna cu habitatul lor natural, cu anatomia, istoria, limba, obiceiurile, ocupatiile, stiinta si artele lor. In plus, o serie de zece povesti subtil inlantuite una cu alta ca intr-o salba fara sfarsit ne prilejuiesc o delectabila intilnire cu zmei vii, aflati in plina actiune, in toate imprejurarile vietii acestora.“ Ziarul de decembrie 24+30,5
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Romanian poet, novelist, essayist and a professor at the University of Bucharest. Born in Bucharest, he graduated from the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Letters, Department of Romanian Language And Literature, in 1980. Between 1980 and 1989 he worked as a Romanian language teacher, and then he worked at the Writers Union and as an editor at the Caiete Critice magazine. In 1991 he became a lecturer at the Chair of Romanian Literary History, part of the University of Bucharest Faculty of Letters. As of 2010, he is an associate professor. Between 1994-1995 he was a visiting lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. Among his writings: "Nostalgia" (a full edition of the earlier published "Visul"), 1993, "Travesti" 1994, "Orbitor" 2001, "Enciclopedia zmeilor" ("The Encyclopedia of Dragons") 2002, "Pururi tânãr, înfãsurat în pixeli" ("Forever young, convolved in pixels") 2002, "De ce iubim femeile" bestseller ("Why do we love women") 2004.
