He’s funny, experimental, anarchic and profound. Political satire is inlaid with a profound philosophy of life and death. He’s a literary magician, a traveller, an astute observer of his home country and of contemporary Europe, of everyday life and global events.
European Literature Network, Rosie Goldsmith
This is Gospodinov at his finest. His playfulness is still there, but it is tempered by a deep vulnerability. What emerges is a sincere, deeply felt novel that creates room for the reader - not just to observe a death, but to reckon with their own memories of fathers, gardens and final days.
Readings Monthly, Nicole Vasilev