Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu Book 1 in the challenge, thedacian.substack.com/p/2023-reading-list In going to use this space to discuss the novel and when I'm done I'll do a formal post. I chose this one because I want to engage with contemporary writing but have been disappointed in a lot of American novels while enjoying European writing. I'm Romanian by birth, but was raised in SoCal. Reading a novel about the city I lived in during the first 7 years of my life, the city of my parents, will be interesting. I'm going to visit Bucharest later this year. The opening line is ex See more