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Solenoid
Solenoid | Mircea C?rt?rescu
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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

Suet624 Haha. Love this review. 1w
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BarbaraBB I am not sure I‘m going to read it… 1w
Tamra Got this one for my husband because it sounds like it‘s right up his alley. 1w
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) 1w
Graywacke @Tamra just don‘t let him blame me! 😇 1w
BarbaraBB Thank you, that‘s a huge compliment coming from you! Yet I do have some fear for such a chunkster! 1w
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…. 1w
Graywacke @sarahbarnes you‘re just beginning the adventure. There are highs and lows. You have so much stuff ahead of you! 1w
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Graywacke
Solenoide | Mircea C?rt?rescu
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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.
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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...