Theodoros closed his briefcase with a soft thud. The sound echoed in Mircea’s chest. When he looked up again, the chair was empty. The door to the hallway was closed. The room was silent once more.
The novel, in other words, is a Möbius strip of nested realities. The tyrant and the victim are the same being. The torturer and the chronicler are the same pen.
The cityscape shifted, buildings twisting and curving like the impossible shapes he had painted with Theodoros. The sky turned a deep shade of indigo, and the stars seemed to pulse with a creative energy that echoed the beat of his own heart.
: The story follows the protagonist's evolution through three names: Tudor (the servant in Wallachia), Theodoros (the pirate in the Greek Archipelago), and Tewodros (the Emperor of Ethiopia).
feels like a "historical novel not unlike The Books of Jacob ". It is a lush, maximalist exploration of power, identity, and the fluid nature of history itself.
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“Theodoros is great... It is also the only one of his novels that isn't autofiction, so it feels dramatically different from the rest.” Reddit · r/literature · 2 months ago
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