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At its heart, Theodoros is a meditation on the . Like Cărtărescu’s previous works such as Orbitor (The Blinding) and Solenoid , this novel explores how a "psychic-subjective exploration" can distort reality for purely literary, world-building purposes. The emperor’s end—a violent confrontation with British forces—is not just a historical fact but a literary culmination where a "battlefield is the book that is read over and over again". Mircea Cartarescu Theodoros Pdf