The prose blends contemporary idiom with archaic 19th-century Romanian vocabulary, creating a "specific language" for its historical setting. Artistic and Literary Intertextuality
Cărtărescu employs a unique narrative perspective: the story is told in the second person ("you"), narrated by (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Salathiel, Jegudiel, and Barachiel) who observe and occasionally interfere in human history. Mircea Cartarescu Theodoros Pdf
The book consists of 33 chapters, mirroring the cantos of a Dantean canticle. narrated by (Michael