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His was a life interwoven with the bottle, not just as a participant but as a chronicler of sorts. The alcoholic haze provided a lens through which the bleakness of existence could be momentarily beautified. Alexandru had a complicated relationship with alcohol; it was both his solace and his curse. Like many of Cărtărescu's characters, Alexandru's life was a complex web of searching for meaning in a seemingly meaningless world.