
The beauty of his attempt is that he does so after having demonstrated to himself that this is an impossible task.

She adds: “It is a portrait of the artist as an adult man, when he questions everything, even art and writing, and when he struggles to solve the great riddle of the world. “Solenoid is unique even among Mircea Cartarescu’s works”, wrote the literary critic Ioana Parvulescu in her review of the book.


The novel, which was published by Humanitas in 2015 and launched at the Gaudeamus Book Fair last November, has quickly become a cult book, enjoying an equally enthusiastic response from both the public and critics.
