The Physics of Sorrow: A Novel by Georgi Gospodinov (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov, Angela Rodel A radical reimagining of the minotaur myth, from an essential voice in world literature. Winner of the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature • Finalist for the PEN Literary Award for Translation and the Strega Europeo FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Published a decade before his International Booker Prize–winning Time Shelter, Georgi Gospodinovs The Physics of Sorrow has become an underground cult classic. Finding strange solace in the myth of the Minotaur, a man named Georgi reconstructs the story of his life like a labyrinth, meandering through the past to find the melancholy child at the center of it all. With profound wit and empathy, he catalogues curious instances of abandonment, spanning from antiquity to the Anthropocene; recounts scenes of a turbulent boyhood in 1970s Bulgaria, spent mostly in a basement; and charts a bizarre run-in with an eccentric flaneur named Gaustine. Exquisitely translated by Angela Rodel, and exhibiting his signature audacious style, this expansive work affirms Gospodinov as "one of Europes most fascinating and irreplaceable novelists" (Dave Eggers). Author Biography Georgi Gospodinov is one of Bulgarias most lauded authors. His novel Time Shelter won the International Booker Prize and the Premio Strega Europeo, among other prizes.Angela Rodel is a prolific translator of Bulgarian literature and won the International Booker Prize for translation. Review "For all Gospodinovs obsession with sorrow, he is a trickster at heart, and often very funny." -- Garth Greenwell - The New Yorker"There is something of Dostoyevskys Underground Man here, furiously attempting to write the world before its all swept away... the result is a powerful toast to living." -- Matthew Janney - Financial Times"Brilliant . . . Elegantly translated by Angela Rodel, The Physics of Sorrow is a fragmented novel that coheres into a remarkable, thought-provoking whole. It is a winding labyrinth through Bulgarian communism, art, literature, history, the personal past, love, sorrow, and so much more." -- Martha Anne Toll - NPR"The Physics of Sorrow is a novel to get lost in and a desperate struggle to look everywhere — in history, politics, science, myth, literature, and Tamagotchi (really) — to make ones place in it all make sense." -- Polygon"In this swirling, ruminative novel, translated by Rodel, award-winning Bulgarian poet, playwright, and novelist Gospodinov takes the mythological minotaur as the central figure in a metafictional narrative that leaps through time and space, from King Minos palace to communist Bulgaria, from politics to quantum physics . . . A playful, profound meditation on storytelling and time." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review"There are very few novels that appear to a seasoned reader as utterly original: The Physics of Sorrow is one of these rare books." -- Alberto Manguel, author of A History of Reading Details ISBN1324094893 Author Angela Rodel Pages 288 Year 2024 Translator Angela Rodel ISBN-13 9781324094890 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-05-07 Country of Publication United States DEWEY 891.8134 Audience General US Release Date 2024-05-07 Publisher WW Norton & Co Imprint WW Norton & Co Subtitle A Novel Place of Publication New York Illustrations 20 black-and-white illustrations Language English ISBN-10 1324094893 UK Release Date 1900-01-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159962129;

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