The story smuggler
Gospodinov, Georgi, 1968-2024
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'Some smuggle cigarettes, others alcohol - or weapons. Our contraband, being invisible, is more dangerous. Our contraband is undetectable by scanners. What we carry as concealed excess baggage is stories.' In this exquisite literary gem, Georgi Gospodinov, winner of the International Booker Prize, invites the reader on a winding journey through his own memories. He shows us a childhood under Communism, a particularly Bulgarian variety of melancholy, the freedom and thrills found in reading and writing, and the coming of age of one extraordinary writer. Ultimately, this profound, playful and deeply moving autobiographical text offers resounding proof of the power and importance of storytelling.
Main title:
The story smuggler / Georgi Gospodinov ; translated from the Bulgarian by Kristina Kovacheva and Dan Gunn.
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Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2024.©2016
Collation:
70 pages ; 21 cm
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First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Sylph Editions.Translated from the Bulgarian.
ISBN:
97813996231171399623117
Dewey class:
891.818409B/GOS
Language:
EnglishBulgarian
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BRN:
2275065