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Solenoid (Paperback): Mircea Cartarescu Solenoid (Paperback)
Mircea Cartarescu; Translated by Sean Cotter
R768 R599 Discovery Miles 5 990 Save R169 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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 Cărtărescu, author of Blinding: an existence (and eventually a cosmos) created by forking paths. Based on Cărtărescu's own role as a high school teacher, Solenoid begins with the mundane details of a diarist's life and quickly spirals into a philosophical account of life, history, philosophy, and mathematics. One character asks another: when you rush into the burning building, will you save the newborn or the artwork? On a broad scale, the novel’s investigations of other universes, dimensions, and timelines reconcile the realms of life and art. The novel is grounded in the reality of late 1970s/early 1980s Communist Romania, including long lines for groceries, the absurdities of the education system, and the misery of family life. 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 miniscule world of dust mites living on a microscope slide. Combining fiction with autobiography and history— the scientists Nicolae 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.

The White Review No. 33 (Paperback, 33rd edition): Rosanna McLaughlin, Izabella Scott, Skye Arundhati-Thomas The White Review No. 33 (Paperback, 33rd edition)
Rosanna McLaughlin, Izabella Scott, Skye Arundhati-Thomas; Contributions by Ariel Saramandi, Gina Apostol, …
R467 R376 Discovery Miles 3 760 Save R91 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Nostalgia (Paperback): Mircea Cartarescu Nostalgia (Paperback)
Mircea Cartarescu; Translated by Julian Semilian
R314 R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Save R57 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Cartarescu is one of the great literary voices of Central Europe' Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel Prize winner and author of Flights 'A Danubian Narnia. . . his writing delivers a rainbow-hued riot of fantasy, imagination and invention' Boyd Tonkin, Spectator A dreamlike novel of memory and magic, Nostalgia turns the dark world of Communist Bucharest into a place of strange enchantments. Here a man plays increasingly death-defying games of Russian Roulette, a child messiah works his magic in the tenements, a young man explores gender boundaries, a woman relives her youth and an architect becomes obsessed with the sound of his new car horn - with unexpected consequences. Blending reality and symbolism, time and myth, this is a cult masterwork from Romania's most celebrated writer.

Nostalgia (Spanish, Paperback): Mircea Cartarescu Nostalgia (Spanish, Paperback)
Mircea Cartarescu; Translated by Marian Ochoa De Eribe; Introduction by Edmundo Paz-Soldan
R774 Discovery Miles 7 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Shifting viewpoints, magic realism, and narrative mastery are all integral parts of "Nostalgia," Romanian author and perennial Nobel Prize favorite Mircea Cartarescu's masterpiece. The book is comprised of five unrelated stories: "The Roulette Player," in which a desperately unlucky man manages to amass a fortune by taking part in dangerous games of Russian roulette; "Mentardy" narrates the travails of a prepubescent messiah who loses his powers with the advent of his sexuality; "The Twins," a brave exploration of youthful rage; "REM," in which a middle-aged woman falls in love with a university student in a nightmarish Bucharest; and "The Architect," in which a man who cannot silence his car horn becomes obsessed with sound--an obsession that will have cosmic consequences. Readers eager to acquaint themselves with one of the most important voices in modern European literature will not want to miss this sophisticated, haunting collection of stories.
"Puntos de vista variables, el realismo magico y la maestria narrativa son facetas integras de "Nostalgia," la obra maestra del autor rumano y favorito perenne para el Premio Nobel, Mircea Cartarescu. El libro consta de cinco cuentos no relacionados: "El ruletista," en el que un hombre al que nunca le ha sonreido la suerte hace fortuna participando en letales sesiones de ruleta rusa; "El Mendebil," el cual narra los infortunios de un mesias impuber que pierde sus poderes magicos con el advenimiento de su propia sexualidad; "Los gemelos," una bizarra exploracion de la ira juvenil; "REM," en el cual una mujer de mediana edad se enamora de un estudiante de instituto en una Bucarest pesadillesca; y "El arquitecto," en el cual un hombre que no logra silenciar el claxon de su coche se obsesiona con el sonido--una obsesion que tendra consecuencias cosmicas. El lector interesado en conocer a una de las voces mas importantes de la literatura europea moderna no se querra perder esta sofisticada, inolvidable coleccion de historias."

ALA Izquierda, El (Cegador 1) (Spanish, Paperback): Mircea Cartarescu ALA Izquierda, El (Cegador 1) (Spanish, Paperback)
Mircea Cartarescu
R806 Discovery Miles 8 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Cuerpo, El (Cegador 2) (Spanish, Paperback): Mircea Cartarescu Cuerpo, El (Cegador 2) (Spanish, Paperback)
Mircea Cartarescu
R912 R761 Discovery Miles 7 610 Save R151 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Solenoide (Spanish, Paperback): Mircea Cartarescu Solenoide (Spanish, Paperback)
Mircea Cartarescu
R936 Discovery Miles 9 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
El Ruletista (Spanish, Paperback): Mircea Cartarescu El Ruletista (Spanish, Paperback)
Mircea Cartarescu; Translated by Marian Ochoa De Eribe
R383 Discovery Miles 3 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Banned for years in Romania, this brilliant narrative of European literature tells the unlikely story of an unlucky man who, surprisingly, makes a fortune in deadly sessions of Russian roulette. Feverish crowds get in line to participate in the ceremonies of death and redemption that give way to mass hysteria. This novel attempts to explain how a dull man ends up as someone seemingly immortal and impregnable when, in fact, he only breeds the desperate spirit of self-destruction. "Prohibido durante anos en Rumania, este relato brillante de la literatura europea cuenta la historia poco probable de un hombre de mala suerte que, sorprendentemente, gana una fortuna en sesiones mortales de la ruleta rusa. Multitudes febriles se ponen en fila para participar en las ceremonias de muerte y redencion que ceden a la histeria colectiva. Esta novela trata de explicar como un hombre aburrido termina siendo una persona aparentemente ""inmortal e invulnerable cuando, en realidad, solo engendra el espiritu desesperado de la autodestruccion."

El ALA Derecha (Cegador 3) (Spanish, Paperback): Mircea Cartarescu El ALA Derecha (Cegador 3) (Spanish, Paperback)
Mircea Cartarescu
R863 Discovery Miles 8 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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