A Short Tale of Shame

by Angel Igov

$13.95

Fiction from Open Letter Books
Translated from Bulgarian

After deciding to take a semester off their studies to think about future plans, long-time friends Maya, Sirma, and Spartacus decide to hitchhike to the sea. Boril Krustev, former rock star and middle-aged widower who is driving aimlessly to outrun his grief, picks them up and accompanies them on their journey. It doesn’t take them long to figure out they’re connected to each other by more than their need to travel—specifically through Boril’s daughter, whose actions damaged each of the characters in this novel.

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Open Letter Books
novel | paperback| 145 pages
978-1-934824-76-4

CO-WINNER OF THE CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN WRITERS CONTEST

A Short Tale of Shame marks the arrival of a new talent in Bulgarian literature with a novel about the need to come to terms with the shame and guilt we all harbor.

Translated from the Bulgarian by Angela Rodel

About the Author: Angel Igov is a Bulgarian writer, literary critic, and translator. He has published two collections of short stories, the first of which won the Southern Spring award for debut fiction. Igov has also translated books by Paul Auster, Martin Amis, Angela Carter, and Ian McEwan into Bulgarian. He is currently getting his PhD in European Literature.

“Exquisite!”
Boston Review

“A Short Tale of Shame is a novel about the road, on the road, a Balkan road novel. . . . A stylish, marvelously-imagined book, winding around the footprints of John Banville’s The Sea.”
—Dimiter Kenarov, Kultura

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