As part of Mircea Cărtărescu's Breakthrough American Tour, Third Place Books in Seattle, Wash., hosted the Romanian author at the Seattle Public Library. Cărtărescu spoke with University of Washington's Ileana Marin about his novel Solenoid (Deep Vellum), translated into English by Sean Cotter. The Romanian Cultural Institute of New York and Deep Vellum Books are sponsoring the tour, which includes stops at City Lights Bookstore, McNally Jackson, and The Wild Detectives.
