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SUMMARY:Georgi Gospodinov (English)
DESCRIPTION:Time Shelter\n\nInterview conducted by Philippe Mottaz\, journa
 list and founder of The Geneva Observer\n\nWinner of the 2023 Internationa
 l Booker Prize\, Georgi Gospodinov\, one of Bulgaria’s most lauded autho
 rs has also won the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature (2016 ) and the Ang
 elusCentral European Literature Award ( 2019 ) with Physics of Sorrow\, am
 ong many other distinctions. Time Shelter (Liveright\, 2020 / Le pays du 
 passé\, Gallimard\, 2021) is the third novel of this author born in 1968.
  A mysterious therapist establishes a “clinic for the past” in Zurich 
 that treats patients with Alzheimer’s by recreating the past in which th
 ey felt most secure. Each floor reproduces a past decade in minute detail\
 , allowing patients to transport themselves back in time to unlock what is
  left of their fading memories. Through sharply satirical labyrinth-like v
 ignettes\, reminiscent of Italo Calvino\, Jorge Luis Borges and Franz Kafk
 a\, the narrator recounts in breathtaking prose just how he became entrenc
 hed in a plot to stop time itself. From communism to the Brexit referendum
  and conflict in Europe\, Time Shelter\, a funny yet frightening novel\, e
 xplores the weaponisation of nostalgia. A truly unforgettable classic from
  one of Europe’s most fascinating novelists.
LOCATION:Société de Lecture\, 11 Grand Rue\, Genève\, Suisse
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