The text includes sequences in a tuberculosis sanatorium, an encounter with an anti-death protest movement, a society of dream investigators, and an extended visit to the miniscule world of dust mites living on a microscope slide.Ĭombining fiction with autobiography and history, Solenoid ruminates on the exchanges possible between the alternate dimensions of life and art, as various, monstrous dimensions erupt within the Communist present. Solenoïde (Solenoid, 2015) Externe links en bronnen Biografische gegevens op de Website van het Internationale Literatuurfestival Berlijn.

The novel begins with the mundane details of a diarist's life and quickly spirals into a philosophical account of life, history, philosophy, and mathematics. Hij schrijft in een modernistische stijl. Solenoid is a highly acclaimed masterwork of fiction based on Crtrescu's own role as a high school teacher. The novel is grounded in the reality of late 1970s/early 1980s Communist Romania, including long lines for groceries, the absurdities of the education system, and the misery of family life. 1838 Greene Tree Rd Ste 250, Pikesville, MD 21208 1.37 miles. Solenoid is a novel about the search for, and the construction of, meaning, and its main theme is the narrators (and, implicitly, the authors) mental. Mircea Crtrescu (Boekarest, 1 juni 1956) is een Roemeens schrijver, dichter en vertaler. One character asks another: when you rush into the burning building, will you save the newborn or the artwork? On a broad scale, the novel's investigations of other universes, dimensions, and timelines reconcile the realms of life and art.

A highly-acclaimed master work of fiction from Cartarescu, author of Blindingīased on Cartarescu's own role as a high school teacher, Solenoid begins with the mundane details of a diarist's life and quickly spirals into a philosophical account of life, history, philosophy, and mathematics.

Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu