Solenoid - Mircea Cartarescu the height of the Belle

the height of the Belle Epoque

Translator: David Magarshack

is at once a coming-of-age novel

weaving the tale of her mother and grandmother through a history of intrigue

plastering over cracks – the stories inhabiting them awaken

Solenoid - Mircea Cartarescu the height of the BelleBased on Cartarescu's own experience as a teacher, Solenoid submerges us in the mundane details of a diarist's life and spirals into an existential account of history, philosophy and mathematics. Grounded in the reality of communist Romania, it grapples with frightening health care, the absurdities of the education system and the struggles of family life, while investigating other universes and forking paths. In a surreal journey like no other, we