La narrativa de Mario Levrero y la de Mircea Cărtărescu, aunque de estilos y temáticas bien diferentes, conceden un papel preponderante a los sueños y al onirismo. Son justamente las consecuencias que ello tiene sobre la configuración del espacio, en tanto que dan lugar a un modelo cultural urbano (la ciudad-sueño), el objeto de este estudio. En concreto, el presente trabajo analiza las características de dicho modelo en la Trilogía involuntaria de Mario Levrero y la trilogía Orbitor de Mircea Cărtărescu, focalizando en las concomitancias y particularidades que presentan los textos de uno y otro autor.

Despite the stylistic and thematic differences between them, Mario Levrero and Mircea Cărtărescu give a main role to dreams and onirism in their narrative texts. This fact has consequences for the fictional space inasmuch as it results in an urban cultural model (dream-city). This paper analyses Levrero’s Trilogía involuntaria and Mircea Cărtărescu’s Orbitor in order to examine the specific characteristics of that model, the main differences and concomitances.

Despite the stylistic and thematic differences between them, Mario Levrero and Mircea C?rt?rescu give a main role to dreams and onirism in their narrative texts. This fact has consequences for the fictional space inasmuch as it results in an urban cultural model (dream-city). This paper analyses Levrero’s Trilogía involuntaria and Mircea C?rt?rescu’s Orbitor in order to examine the specific characteristics of that model, the main differences and concomitances.