Apostoloff - 9780857420886
Un libro in lingua di Sibylle Lewitscharoff Derbyshire Katy (TRN) edito da Seagull Books, 2013
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“Gone, finito, The End, I say. A father who puts an end to it all before he wears down the whole family deserves more praise than damnation.”
Two sisters travel to Sofia—in a convoy of luxury limousines arranged by a fellow Bulgarian exile—to bury their less-than-beloved father. Like tourists, they are chauffeured by the ever-charming Ruben Apostoloff—one sister in the back seat, one in the passenger seat, one sharp-tongued and aggressive, the other polite and considerate. In a caustic voice, Apostoloff shows them the treasures of his beloved country: the peacock-eye pottery (which contains poisonous dye), the Black Sea coast (which is utterly destroyed), the architecture (a twentieth-century crime). His attempts to win them over seem doomed to fail, as the sisters’ Bulgarian heritage is a heavy burden—their father, a successful doctor and melancholy immigrant, appears in their dreams still dragging the rope with which he hanged himself.
An account of a daughter’s bitterly funny reckoning with her father and his country, laden with linguistic wit and black humor, Apostoloff will introduce the unique voice of Sibylle Lewitscharoff to a new and eager audience.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Apostoloff
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Sibylle Lewitscharoff Derbyshire Katy (TRN)
- Editore: Seagull Books
- Collana: Seagull Books (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 15 Ottobre '13
- Genere: FICTION
- Pagine: 279
- Dimensioni mm: 203 x 127 x 0
- EAN-13: 9780857420886