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Time Shelter: Book about Alzheimer’s wins International Booker Prize 2023

Time Shelter: Book about Alzheimer’s wins International Booker Prize 2023

by Maddy Burgess | May 24, 2023 | Mind, The International Booker Prize

Time Shelter, written by Georgi Gospodinov and translated by Angela Rodel, has won the International Booker Prize 2023, making it the first novel originally published in Bulgarian to win.  The winner was announced last night at a ceremony at Sky Garden in London, with...
POLL: Are you happy with the winner of the International Booker Prize?

POLL: Are you happy with the winner of the International Booker Prize?

by Sophie Olejnik | May 24, 2023 | Library, The International Booker Prize

Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel won the International Booker Prize yesterday for Time Shelter, a hard-hitting comedy about the dangerous appeal of nostalgia. But did the best book win? Have your say in our poll below: Read BLOT’s...

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