Georgi Gospodinov, trans. from the Bulgarian by Angela Rodel. Open Letter (openletterbooks.org), $14.95 trade paper (270p) ISBN 978-1-940953-09-0
Gospodinov's (Natural Novel) quixotic novel is part family saga, part meditation on Greek myths, and part personal history of growing up in Communist Bulgaria. Despite the challenges posed by this mix of styles and material, it's occasionally moving
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Georgi Gospodinov, Author, Zornitsa Hristova, Translator , trans. from the Bulgarian by Zornitsa Hristova. Dalkey Archive $12.50 (136p) ISBN 978-1-56478-376-9
It's hard to read Gospodinov's first novel and not feel indifferent at times: composed of scraps, half-stories, jokes and character sketches that haphazardly weave in and out, this slim jaunt won't satiate anyone looking for a tight plot
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Georgi Gospodinov, trans. from the Bulgarian by Angela Rodel. Liveright, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-1-324-09095-3
A radical new therapy tests the power of nostalgia in the electric and fantastical latest from Gospodinov (The Physics of Sorrow). In present-day Vienna, geriatric psychiatrist Gaustine redecorates his clinic in the style of the 1960s, replete with...
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Georgi Gospodinov, trans. from the Bulgarian by Angela Roder. Norton, $26 (224p) ISBN 978-1-324-09729-7
Gospodinov, whose novel Time Shelter won the International Booker Prize, offers a beautiful meditation on identity and mortality. The unnamed narrator, a prize-winning Bulgarian author, wonders about his fate, now that his father has died and his...
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