The novel Time Shelter
by Georgi Gospodinov, translated into English by Angela Rodel (Liveright May,
2022), has been included in the International Booker prize 2023 longlist. This
is the first time that a Bulgarian novel has been nominated for this
prestigious award.
The International Book prize is
awarded annually for a novel or short story collection written originally in
any language, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. The £50,000
prize money is split equally between the author and translator of the winning
book.
I reviewed Time Shelter
for World Literature Today in its September 2022 edition, writing that "the
underlying theme in Time Shelter is whether our memories of the past,
real or imagined, can protect us from the temporal chaos outside our daily
lives." I added, "In real life, memories may not shield us from that
chaos, but in the imagination of Georgi Gospodinov, anything is possible."
I had previously reviewed
Gospodinov's novel The Physics of Sorrow.
Georgi Gospodinov was born in
Yambol, Bulgaria, and his works have been translated to acclaim in 25
languages. His novels have been shortlisted for more than a dozen international
prizes.
Angela Rodel is a professional
literary translator living and working in Bulgaria. She holds a B.A. from Yale
and an M.A. from UCLA in linguistics. She received a 2014 NEA translation grant
for The Physics of Sorrow (Open Letter 2015).
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