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Street Without A Name Kapka Kassabova

Street Without A Name By Kapka Kassabova

Street Without A Name by Kapka Kassabova


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Summary

A revealing personal portrait of a little-known country perched on the eastern edge of Europe - captured by one of its most eloquent and engaging expats.

Street Without A Name Summary

Street Without A Name: Childhood And Other Misadventures In Bulgaria by Kapka Kassabova

Born in Sofia, Kapka Kassabova grew up under the last years of Cold War Communism in the 1980s, emigrated after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and has loved and hated her homeland in equal measure ever since. Thirty years later, as Bulgaria was joining the EU club, Kapka revisited the country of her childhood and her own relationship to it to discover just how much it - and she - had changed. With the irreverence of an expat, the curiosity of a visitor, and the soul of a poet, Kassabova brings to life the past and present of Bulgaria, as well as probing the complicated connection between place and mind, between geography and fate.

Street Without A Name Reviews

'A fascinating book - at once evocative, disturbing, and chock-a-block full of charm.' Jan Morris 'A unique memoir of what it was like to grow up in a Communist satellite country. In the mosaic of books about the bad old days, this book is the piece that was always missing. Now we have it, and it shines.' Clive James 'Not many books on the travel shelves have the force of revelation, but this one does - Kapka Kassabova leads us into a country most of us have hardly read about with an elegant assurance, an acid wit and a heart-rending precision that can make you see the world quite differently. This book is a treasure.' Pico Iyer

About Kapka Kassabova

KAPKA KASSABOVA was born in Bulgaria in 1973 and learned to speak English at the age of 16 when her parents emigrated to England and then New Zealand. She now lives in Edinburgh, and is the author of two novels, four poetry collections (the latest, Geography for the Lost, published by Bloodaxe in April 2007) and a couple of travel guides.

Additional information

GOR001754124
9781846271243
184627124X
Street Without A Name: Childhood And Other Misadventures In Bulgaria by Kapka Kassabova
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Granta Books
20090202
352
Short-listed for Authors Club Award 2009 (UK) Short-listed for EU Book Award 2009 (UK)
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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