Mircea Crtrescu is a writer, professor, and journalist who has published more than twenty-five books. 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 minuscule world of dust mites living on a microscope slide. Solenoid synthesizes and subtly mocks elements of autofiction and history fiction by way of science fiction. The novel is grounded in the reality of Communist Romania in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including long lines for groceries, the absurdities of the education system, and the misery of family life. Its opening sentence: I have lice, again. On a broad scale, the novel's investigations of other universes, dimensions, and timelines reconcile the realms of life and art. 'That future is Solenoid, already one of our young century’s landmarks of fiction.

Based on Crtrescu's own role as a high school teacher, Solenoid begins with the mundane details of a diarist's life and. Explore Solenoid further with the Solenoid Reader, a free companion download Publication Date: October 25, 2022. A highly-acclaimed masterwork of fiction from Crtrescu, author of Blinding: an existence (and eventually a cosmos) created by forking paths. A highly-acclaimed master work of fiction from Crtrescu, author of Blinding: an existence (and eventually a cosmos) created by forking paths. Based on Cărtărescu's own experience as a high school teacher, Solenoid begins with the mundane details of a diarist's life and quickly spirals into a philosophical account of existence, history, philosophy, and mathematics. Mircea Crtrescu, Sean Cotter (Translator) 4.30. 'From Mircea Cărtărescu, author of Blinding: an existence (and eventually a cosmos) created by forking paths.

Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu