Gospodinov was born in Bulgaria in 1968. He is the editor-in-chief of a weekly literary magazine published in Bulgaria and a professor at the New Bulgarian University. He lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Natural Nove
Like Fernando Pessoa, Gospodinov has disappeared within his
multiple selves (author, narrator, editor, gardener) and has become
a detached observer of his own life. The narrative is rich in
mini-stories . . . and the composition is multifaceted, like a
fly's eye . . . All this informs the postmodern quality of
Gospodinov's fiction.
Natural Novel is really an unidentified literary object and is
almost impossible to retell. It is at the same time funny and
erudite, arrogant and refined, yet brilliant in every respect and
innovative in form.
The book is laugh-out-loud-funny but also touching; occasionally,
it approaches the sublime. When so many postmodern novels are
content to play their structural and thematic tricks, Natural Novel
is an honest and human tale about loss and the awkward abyss on the
other side of divorce.
The superb style and flowingly written narrative along with the
clever switching between different forms of discourse and genres
turn Gospodinov into a harbinger of a new, fruitful literary form.
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