Combining history with fiction-the scientists Nicola Tesla and George Boole, for example, appear alongside the Voynich manuscript-Solenoid ruminates on the exchanges possible between the alternate dimensions of life and art, as various, monstrous dimensions erupt within the Communist present- Book Synopsis NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by the New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, The Financial Times, Words Without Borders A highly-acclaimed master work of fiction from Crtrescu, author of Blinding: an existence (and eventually a cosmos) created by forking paths. 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. 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. On a broad scale, the novels investigations of other universes, dimensions, and timelines reconcile the realms of life and art. Based on Cartarescus own experience as a high school teacher, Solenoid begins with the mundane details of a diarists life and quickly spirals into a philosophical account of existence, history, philosophy, and mathematics. About the Book From Mircea Cartarescu, author of Blinding: an existence (and eventually a cosmos) created by forking paths.

Blinding by Mircea Cărtărescu