In a world where the boundaries between reality and dreams were thin, Mircea Cărtărescu found himself in the city of ancient Athens, standing before the majestic Parthenon. As he wandered through the agora, he stumbled upon a mysterious figure with an aura of creative genius – Theodoros, the legendary artist.
In one phantasmagorical episode, the narrator-angels save Theodoros from a rifle shot by creating an entire civilization on the surface of the mid-air bullet, whose inhabitants eventually build an engine to nudge the projectile away from his heart. Community Perspectives mircea cartarescu theodoros
The book's most striking feature is its second-person narration. In a world where the boundaries between reality