Solenoid - Mircea Cartarescu he has a nice pen

he has a nice pen but he’s not famous

the height of the Belle Epoque

The collection features stories by some of Korea's greatest writers

Then Norway is occupied by the Nazis

is at once a coming-of-age novel

Solenoid - Mircea Cartarescu he has a nice penBased 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