This is a sad book, a beautiful book. It’s about the death of a father – the death of the narrator’s father, the death also of Georgi Gospodinov’s father. (As so often in his work, Gospodinov is both participant and observer.) Death and the Gardener is enquiring about the human condition; it’s wise, it’s lyrical; […]| European Literature Network
I’ve longed to visit Trieste for many years and finally made it this July. Inspired by friends and writers who have long extolled the exceptional geography and culture of this easternmost Italian port city; inspired too by its famous visitors, James Joyce and Jan Morris, also by writer-friend Diego Marani who now lives part of the year in Trieste, and by the fact that Trieste has just opened a Literature Museum, I knew the time had come. I can happily confirm that Trieste is a remarkable ci...| ELN