The Story Smuggler

Description

Product ID:	9781399623117
Product Form:	Hardback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	The Story Smuggler
Authors:	Author: Georgi Gospodinov
Page Count:	80
Subjects:	Memoirs, Memoirs, Literary essays, Literary essays
Description:	Select Guide Rating Some smuggle cigarettes or alcohol, others weapons, but for the International Booker Prize-winning novelist Georgi Gospodinov, the most dangerous contraband is carried by writers, as they move stories across borders ''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. TRANSLATED FROM THE BULGARIAN BY KRISTINA KOVACHEVA AND DAN GUNN
Imprint Name:	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher Name:	Orion Publishing Co
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2024-02-15

Weight	176 g
Dimensions	139 × 205 × 13 mm