One Book Bookstore
At a time when small businesses are struggling, bookstores are opening and closing, and there are many challenges with distribution, Yordan D. Radichkov did something quite strange: he opened One Book Bookstore, at 8 Varbitsa Street, which only sells one book for a specific amount time, along with prints by illustrators who worked on that edition.
At a time when small businesses are struggling, bookstores are opening and closing, and there are many challenges with distribution, Yordan D. Radichkov did something quite strange: he opened One Book Bookstore, at 8 Varbitsa Street, which only sells one book for a specific amount time, along with prints by illustrators who worked on that edition. The motto of the store is "You don't have a choice." Radichkov, the grandson of the writer Yordan Radichkov and author of three collections of short stories, started out with titles: Memories of Horses by his grandfather and the little-known novelThe Farm by the Border by Yordan Yovkov. Apart from the lack of choice, the refreshing concept of the place also signals a lack of despair over the current situation. Like Radichkov writes in Memories of Horses: "The man who has collapsed stands up in his loneliness, and the collapsed silence also rises gradually."
photo: Iva Dimitrova
Danny sees the One Book Bookstore as more than an eccentric idea. "I think and dream of better times, when we will be able to gather freely again without any issues. And I look at the bookstore as a place for meetings, discussions, conversations, literary performances." And what kind of book can sit alone on a bookstore shelf? "To answer this question, I should answer the question of what constitutes important literature. If we're talking about selection criteria, that's the kind of literature I want to present. Namely – a book that leaves a lasting mark in the mind of the reader, that does not leave him indifferent, that cannot be forgotten after you read it and that still excites you and inspires you to think about its secrets long after you've closed its covers."
Until December 9, you can find The Farm at the Border by Yordan Yovkov at One Book Bookstore, along with a series of prints by the artist Sofia Popyordanova.