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Georgi Gospodinov presents his Physics of Sorrow novel over the ocean

СнимкаIn the period September 17 – 25 and following the invitation of the Brooklyn Book Festival and the Open Letter Books Publishing House, Georgi Gospodinov is presenting in Chicago and New York his Physics of Sorrow novel. Translated by Angela Rodel, the first edition of the novel was noticed with a big article at one of the most inaccessible editions worldwide – the New Yorker. The first stop of the novel was on September 17 at Chicago’s Seminary Co-op Bookstore. It announced the author as “one of the most innovative and daring European writers”. After Chicago Gospodinov will be a guest of the Brooklyn Book Festival, where authors like Salman Rushdie will be included.


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