This study focuses on the concrete analysis of Nicolae Esinencu shortstory. The author of the study refers to several lyric-epic works such as: Tiredness, where predominate the atmosphere of the immediate post-war times and the character’s sensation; next a series of novels in which the writer is seen as a first-rate novelist: The tree that joins us, The hole, No smoking! and other are discussed from a critico-literary point of view. In all his works the writer is inventive, satirical-humorous, surprising, and spontaneous. In conclusion Nicolae Esinencu is a remarkable novelist, of a general Romanian or even European level.