by Mircea Cartarescu · IMPEDIMENTA EDITORIAL S.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788417115456
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Immerse yourself in the masterpiece of Mircea Cărtărescu, a monumental novel that evokes Pynchon, Borges, Swift, and Kafka. Through the diary of a frustrated writer, we explore his childhood and adolescence in a communist Bucharest, devastated and melancholic. The protagonist, a Romanian professor with a failed literary career, acquires a boat-shaped house that houses a solenoid, a mysterious machine. As he becomes involved with a professor immersed in a mystical sect, he faces hallucinations that reveal the truth of his existence. 'Solenoid' is a masterpiece that brings together the themes and obsessions of a brilliant author, establishing himself as a cult writer. A novel that explores genius, madness, and greatness in the life of a writer.
Mircea Cărtărescu is a Romanian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic, and essayist.
