Turnul focului

Turnul focului links a family's joys and grief with Romania's past. The story reaches beyond 1989. Cătălin Dorian Florescu sets this novel at Foișorul de Foc. He tells it through a voice that speaks as “I.” This brings each life into a broad view of the past.

The book suits those who like tales of families and the past. Its humor has a light touch. The people in it stand out in sharp detail. Mariana Bărbulescu translated this edition. The text she worked from was in German.

Florescu won two prizes in 2002. One was the Chamisso debut prize. The other was the Anna Seghers literature prize. He won the Schweizer Buchpreis in 2011. His career earned him the Joseph von Eichendorff prize in 2012. It also earned him the Andreas Gryphius prize in 2018. He won Bacău's George Apostu Grand Prize in 2014. Romania's presidency gave him a cultural knighthood in 2017.