Appearing on the morning show of Radio România Actualități, Doina Ruști spoke with journalist Cătălin Cîrnu about her novel Born with a Bulgarian Nose, the art of writing, and the future of writers in a world increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence. In Doina Ruști’s view, AI is merely a source of stimulation for a talented writer.
The conversation also turned to the Phanariot era, one of the themes that established her literary reputation. Her return to the Phanariot universe therefore carries a symbolic significance.
“Ten years have passed since the publication of The Phanariot Trilogy, and I have begun dreaming of myself on Lipscani Street—not the street as it is today, but as it was in the time of Mavrogheni. So this year I am returning to the Phanariots with a new book, a fantastic novel entitled Matuf, the Wigmaker. It will be published by Humanitas Junior towards the end of August,” Doina Ruști said.
The new novel returns to the imaginary world of old Bucharest, in a fantastic story set within the spectacular and unsettling atmosphere of the Phanariot era.
The complete Radio România Actualități interview can be watched here:
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