Georgi Gospodinov: There was a culture of silence it was safer not to say what you think'

I've always written on the edge of narrative expectations; I collect rejections from publishers apologising for not being able to take my work because it isn't linear enough.

With the scene of a boy in the late 70s, feeling abandoned and sitting in a room as it's starting to get dark. The parallel [that the book draws] with the minotaur of Greek mythology unlocks a strange, vast and anarchic story of the 20th century.

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