Literature is an Antidote to Propaganda - Grief, Memory & Humanity w/ G. GOSPODINOV & A. RODEL - Highlights
The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society: Books, Film,... by Mia Funk
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Today, we have a conversation about time, memory, and the bittersweet geography of human sorrow. Georgi Gospodinovis widely considered one of the most daring voices in contemporary European literature. His acclaimed novel, The Physics of Sorrow, won the prestigious Jan Michalski Prize in 2016, blending ancient myth and quantum physics to chronicle the delicate realities of post-socialist Eastern Europe. Joining him is Angela Rodel, a brilliant linguist, musician, a ...
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Books, writing, literature, memory, death, Bulgarian literature, International Booker Prize, translation, memory, nostalgia, empathy, storytelling, propaganda, post-socialist literature, European fiction
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