Delusional thought processes leading to bizarre conduct and scenes of pathological suspicion are described with Voltairean irony [in Die Pelerine (The Cape)]. There are plenty of conversational acids, and the author prodigally provides for the reader's delectation absurd dialogues that call to mind Samarakis's The Flaw. The accent is on suspense rather than violence and shows Eliade's technique at its most wizardly. His writing is fast, intelligent and wryly funny. He has earlier proved his mastery of the craft of creating a suspense-laden plot that offers wider perspectives than one generally finds in a political thriller. Die Pelerine is a shocker. (p. 431)
Nicholas Catanoy, "Romanian: 'Die Pelerine'," in World Literature Today (copyright 1977 by the University of Oklahoma Press), Vol. 51, No. 3, Summer, 1977, pp. 430-31.
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