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Gospodinov’s Bulgarian fiction explores both personal and collective memory. Begin with a clinic for the past whose experiment expands across Europe. For a change of tone, try the diplomatic farce Mission London or the classic merchant’s adventures in Bai Ganyo. Markov exposes communist power, while English-language Kassabova returns to Bulgaria’s borders with Greece and Turkey. Her reportage also represents diasporic writing.
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A clinic recreating past decades for Alzheimer’s patients begins attracting healthy people fleeing the present.
Original title: Времеубежище
Wydawnictwo Literackie · 2025
Translated by Magdalena Pytlak
Edition source ↗
A labyrinth of memory connects a Bulgarian childhood with the Minotaur myth and empathy for the abandoned.
Original title: Физика на тъгата
The Bulgarian embassy’s diplomatic ambitions in London lead to grotesque disasters.
Original title: Мисия Лондон
A rose-oil salesman’s travels become a satire on European aspirations and local manners.
Original title: Бай Ганьо
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition source ↗A reported journey along Bulgaria’s borders with Turkey and Greece uncovers memories of violence and smuggling.
Original title: Border
An exiled writer’s reports expose the mechanisms of communist public life in Bulgaria.
Original title: Задочни репортажи за България — wybór
In the Mesta valley, encounters with foragers and healers explore connections between landscape, memory and healing.
A journey to lakes Ohrid and Prespa becomes a search for family roots and an account of Balkan borders.
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