Where the writer sees clear signs that the peripheral languages are becoming more central
The writer of childhood among library shelves, reading in grandma's yard and the pinnacle of fiction
In her first novel, Justine Toms tells the story of the women's camps in the early years of the totalitarian regime in Bulgaria, and now she is working on the second one – about how those who were different lived in the 50s and 60s
Georgi Gospodinov (1968) is a Bulgarian poet, writer and playwright. One of the foremost European writers of today, says about him Alberto Manguel. Gospodinov’s debut novel, Natural Novel (1999), is published in 23 languages including English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Icelandic. His latest book is the novel Time Shelter. Published in April 2020 amidst the quarantine and the peak of the pandemic, it topped the bestselling-books charts in Bulgaria.
The Ohrid and Prespa lakes tell the story of the Balkans in Kapka Kassabova's new novel
She flies into the world of cinema and literature with surprising confidence. Her debut book, The Cosmonauts Aren’t Here to Stay, in which she talks about her childhood, is imprinted in the minds of readers with its humor, the point of view of a little girl and the serious topics that she runs through in an ethereal and meaningful way.