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THE BOOK OFFERS THE VERY FIRST CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY ON NORMAN MANEA, A WIDELY RESPECTED WRITER AND MULTIPLE NOBEL PRIZE NOMINEE. IT FOLLOWS TWO MAIN OBJECTIVES: AN AESTHETIC INTERPRETATION OF HIS LITERATURE AND A CONTEXTUALIZATION OF HIS ETHICAL DISCOURSE. MANEA'S AESTHETICS IS SEEN ALSO AS AN EASTERN EUROPEAN ETHICS, SIGNIFICANT FOR THE WRITER'S STATUS WHILE LIVING AND WORKING UNDER THE COMMUNIST CENSORSHIP IN A TOTALITARIAN STATE AND IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT OF WORLD LITERATURE.