Georgi Gospodinov's acclaimed novel explores memory and time through the story of a narrator and his elderly patient who creates a sanctuary devoted to the past. As they meticulously reconstruct forgotten moments and lost worlds, the line between refuge and obsession blurs, touching on deeper anxieties about forgetting and survival. Winner of the International Booker Prize 2023, this inventive work seamlessly blends the darkly comic with the unsettling, revealing how the past shapes our present in unexpected ways.
