Blinding (novel)

{{Short description|Novel by Mircea Cărtărescu}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Blinding

| image = Blinding (novel).jpg

| caption = Complete edition (Romanian)

| author = Mircea Cărtărescu

| title_orig = Orbitor

| country = Romania

| language = Romanian

| publisher = Humanitas

| pub_date = 1996-2007

| english_pub_date = 2013

| media_type = Print

| pages = 1479 pp (total pages)

| isbn = 9732807237

| isbn_note = (Vol. 1)
{{ISBN|9735002507}} (Vol. 2)
{{ISBN|9735012057}} (Vol. 3)

}}

Blinding ({{langx|ro|Orbitor}}) is a novel in three volumes by the Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu. It consists of the installments Aripa stângă ("The left wing") from 1996, Corpul ("The body") from 2002, and Aripa dreaptă ("The right wing") from 2007. An English translation of the first volume was published in October 2013.{{Cite web|author=Staff writer|date=2011-06-30|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2080867_2080832_2080860,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704234747/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2080867_2080832_2080860,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 4, 2011|title=Mircea Cartarescu - Pack Your (Book) Bag|work=time.com|accessdate=2011-11-08}}