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Open Letter Books
novel | paperback | 123 pages
978-1-940953-26-7
“Party Headquarters interprets a deeply personal story where the private, the intimate, is publicly exposed.”
—Maria Popova, Politics
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It’s one of Bulgaria’s most popular myths: As the communist party fell apart, officials squirreled away bags of the country’s wealth, and these bags are still circulating, waiting to be delivered to conspirators. But this is just the beginning of the corruption and inequality . . . While immersing himself in pornography and prostitution, our hero reflects back on his life and the emblematic events that took place—the anticommunist protests, the arson attack on the Communist Party Headquarters, and, most crucially, the Chernobyl disaster.
Beautiful and tragic, Party Headquarters is an engrossing testament to the struggles after the fall of the Soviet Union, many of which continue to resonate today.
Translated from the Bulgarian by Angela Rodel
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About the Author: Georgi Tenev, before penning the Vick Prize-winning novel Party Headquarters, had already published four books, founded the Triumviratus Art Group, hosted The Library television program about books, and written plays that have been performed in Germany, France, and Russia. He is also a screenwriter for film and TV.
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“Black irony, the use of lexicon format, the documentary reminders—all this makes Party Headquarters one of the most influential books of recent times.”
—Amelia Licheva, Capital Light
