“Solenoid” by Mircea Cărtărescu
Translated by Sean Cotter

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First published by Humanitas, 2015
Published by Deep Vellum, 2022
Paperback, 672 pages
ISBN: 0140110879
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Sections:
00:00 Intro & Preamble
03:19 The Find
06:16 Publication and Translation
11:51 The Fall
19:58 The Exhumed Reality: Taxonomic Considerations
33:04 The Borina Solenoid
39:02 Flatland and the Fourth Dimension: An Intertextual Investigation
01:00:50 Mail Call
01:02:30 The Other Side
01:16:49 Iron and Crystal
01:34:10 Diaries, Dreams, and Departures
01:54:31 Afterword

Readings from p. 1, 32, 37, 39, 42, 70, 71, 79, 98, 107, 108, 156, 164, 209, 212, 356, 378, 379, 434, 445, 456, 487, 492, 596, 673, 675, ∞

Secondary Resources:
1. Solenoid – The Untranslated Review: http://bit.ly/3UAYxAa
2. Blinding Vol 1 – Video Review: http://bit.ly/3UUx6RJ
3. Poesia esencial: http://bit.ly/3tsGpwD
4. Romanian Literature Now – Solenoid: http://bit.ly/3tt28Ve
5. Nicolae Manolescu: http://bit.ly/3GdUR3h
6. De Reactor Interview via The Untranslated: http://bit.ly/3AeML6t
7. The Dimensions of Solenoid (II): http://bit.ly/3EDQTjj
8. Your Surrealist Literature Starter Kit: http://bit.ly/3tvtNF3
9. Maica Domnului Google Pin: http://bit.ly/3UWnGW3
10. Solenoid Coil: http://bit.ly/3hECxWJ
11. Smale-Williams Solenoid: http://bit.ly/3E8f0oH
12. Edwin Abbott – Flatland .pdf: http://bit.ly/3Epul4v
13. Il Manifesto Interview: http://bit.ly/3Gi1KjU
14. Arnolfini Portrait: http://bit.ly/3UQuuEu
15. Trompe l’Oeil: http://bit.ly/3O0GQb3
16. Escaping Criticism: http://bit.ly/3txmv3m
17. Blackwood – A Victim of Higher Space .pdf: http://bit.ly/3WRPHQa
18. A Victim of Higher Space Review: http://bit.ly/3AcUoue
19. The Poetics of the Hypercycle: http://bit.ly/3E2GhZD
20. Seeking the Doom of Self-Annihilation: http://bit.ly/3Gj29Tr
21. From Blinding to Solenoid: http://bit.ly/3hJq6IY
22. Socialist Paradise or Tower of Total Surveillance: http://bit.ly/3huAnZw
23. Hinton Cubes: http://bit.ly/3WYGUvZ
24. DeWitt – Moral Authority: http://bit.ly/3E1XhPE
25. Balcanu – Real and fantastic Bucharest: http://bit.ly/3g5p21O

Tangentially Related:
1. Beyond the Zero – Sean Cotter Interview: http://bit.ly/3UZQcWN
2. Travel Through Stories – SOLENOID Preview: http://bit.ly/3UUxsrx
3. B.O.S.S. Episode 90 Guest Spot: http://bit.ly/3UzM6F5

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Music: “Reading Music Vol. 4” by Christopher Charles Robinson
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Video Editing by Nick Brodie (Instagram):   / brodie.nich  

Thank you to Sean Cotter, Andrei (The Untranslated), Will Evans, Linda Stack-Nelson, Walker Rutter-Bowman, Nick Brodie, Sean (Travel Through Stories), and Ben (Beyond the Zero).