Solenoid | Litsy

Solenoide | Mircea C?rt?rescu

Yeah, I'm kidding myself with this one. This is clearly not the book I should be reading right now.

Not a DNF! Just... on hiatus!

I will rejoin the narrative when I feel more inclined to take a philosophical journey up my own 🍑

This book isn't bad, but it is sombre, creepy, scratchy, parasitic, windy, and dense.

If you're after some existential dread, this will be your jam!

RaeLovesToRead @Leniverse Did you ever finish this in the end? 3w

Leniverse No, but I really want to! I read 60 pages or so, and then put it on hiatus (as you say) and there it has remained. I think about it a lot, but there's always another book I need to finish first. Maybe I should bring it to Gladstones 😅 3w

RaeLovesToRead @Leniverse Hahaha, God no... although if you go into an existential tailspin we can always revive you with carrot cake? 😅💕 3w

Leniverse What better place for a literature induced existential crisis? 😂 But no, I'll probably go for slightly quicker reads. 3w

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RaeLovesToRead

Solenoide | Mircea C?rt?rescu

Spiralling this week. Full of regret and confusion and sadness.

Going to submerge myself in the surreal, experimental narrative that Cărtărescu has created here.

TheKidUpstairs I'm so sorry you're having a hard time. Sending you 💓 to weather the storm! 4w

RaeLovesToRead @TheKidUpstairs Thanks 🫂 Don't feel too sorry for me though. A lot of my problems are my own fault. 4w

Leftcoastzen Hugs to you . Hope the hard times move along! 4w

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RaeLovesToRead @Leftcoastzen Speaking of things that aren't moving along... this book is so impenetrable!!!!!! 4w

julesG 🫂🫂🫂 And I'll be hugging you very hard next week, consider yourself warned. 4w

RaeLovesToRead @julesG I'm really looking forward to seeing you all 🫂💕 Don't squeeze too hard... there is likely to be sticky toffee pudding involved haha 4w

julesG 🤣🤣 4w

dabbe Even though you say your problems are your own fault, you still deserve hugs and hearts. Always 🧡🩶💜 4w

Dilara Sending you good vibes ☀ 🌷 🌈 4w

Susanita What @dabbe said. 🫂 4w

CSeydel @RaeLovesToRead Aren‘t those the worst kind, though? Sending you extra strength and love. ☀️💛 4w

dabbe @Susanita 💜🩶💛 4w

RaeLovesToRead @dabbe @Dilara @Susanita @CSeydel Thank you for your kindness 🫂 4w

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Graywacke

Solenoide | Mircea C?rt?rescu

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Phew. My 5th book from the International #Booker longlist took some time, and some perseverance. It flows, it‘s just keep going. A schoolteacher learns of the layout of electrical solenoids connecting through Bucharest, becomes a mite messiah, floats two feet over his bed loses his way in every building, and turns into something like a sperm. Dear reader, you're left to decide what to make of this.
#IB2025

Graywacke @AnnaCecilie @BarbaraBB @BookishTrish @Leniverse @Suet624 @TheKidUpstairs 6mo

Suet624 Haha. Love this review. 6mo

Graywacke @Suet624 ☺️ 6mo

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BarbaraBB I am not sure I‘m going to read it… 6mo

Tamra Got this one for my husband because it sounds like it‘s right up his alley. 6mo

Graywacke @BarbaraBB it‘s a commitment. But you‘re my imagined fearless reader. You might love it. (Although Im finding the biggest fans grew up in Eastern Europe. Seems many feel they can relate) 6mo

Graywacke @Tamra just don‘t let him blame me! 😇 6mo

BarbaraBB Thank you, that‘s a huge compliment coming from you! Yet I do have some fear for such a chunkster! 6mo

sarahbarnes Great review! I just started this one and I‘m already tied in mental knots. It feels like a Pynchon novel. But I‘m strangely attracted to the story so we‘ll see how far I get…. 6mo

Graywacke @sarahbarnes you‘re just beginning the adventure. There are highs and lows. You have so much stuff ahead of you! 6mo

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Graywacke

Solenoide | Mircea C?rt?rescu

Next international #booker book. I‘m about 20% in - it‘s long. #IB2025

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Kaag

Solenoid | Mircea C?rt?rescu

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Solenoid is so many things that an effort to describe it becomes merely a list of adjectives that distract from the fact that above all else this is an absolutely beautiful novel.

Cartarescu‘s writing (translated by Sean Cotter) is vivid and flowing, I would gladly read him describing a walk to the mailbox.

Kaag This novel has a very interior feel to it. The author is drawing from his life experience, the diarist in the novel is documenting his life, there is a focus on self reflection and a connection to the city at the center of it all, Bucharest.

Solenoid showcases the best of magical realism in what has to be one of my top 5 novels. (edited) 3y

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TheBibliophilicOwl

Solenoid | Mircea Cărtărescu

Eu cred că este o carte voluminoasă, atât ca și conținut, cât și pagini. Dar merită citită.
I believe it is a book with a lot of pages, but also a heavy subject. But I believe it is worthy of reading...

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