Description

Book Synopsis

''Compulsively readable'' New York Times
''Utterly original'' Alberto Manguel

In the small and the insignificant - that''s where life hides, that''s where it builds its nest.

Our unnamed narrator is not well. He suffers from attacks of ''pathological empathy'', which cause him to wander unbidden into other people''s memories. He moves from recollection to recollection - from a Bulgarian country fair in 1925, where he meets a Minotaur, to inside the mind of a slug, as it is swallowed by his own Grandfather.

Part family history, part coming-of-age story, part meditation on life in Communist Europe, The Physics of Sorrow is a dazzlingly inventive, mind-expanding novel from one of Europe''s most important writers.

TRANSLATED FROM THE BULGARIAN BY ANGELA RODEL

The Physics of Sorrow

Product form

£9.49

Includes FREE delivery

RRP £9.99 – you save £0.50 (5%)

Order before 4pm today for delivery by Sat 20 Dec 2025.

A Paperback / softback by Georgi Gospodinov, Angela Rodel

3 in stock


    View other formats and editions of The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov

    Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
    Publication Date: 15/02/2024
    ISBN13: 9781399623131, 978-1399623131
    ISBN10: 1399623133
    Also in:
    Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    ''Compulsively readable'' New York Times
    ''Utterly original'' Alberto Manguel

    In the small and the insignificant - that''s where life hides, that''s where it builds its nest.

    Our unnamed narrator is not well. He suffers from attacks of ''pathological empathy'', which cause him to wander unbidden into other people''s memories. He moves from recollection to recollection - from a Bulgarian country fair in 1925, where he meets a Minotaur, to inside the mind of a slug, as it is swallowed by his own Grandfather.

    Part family history, part coming-of-age story, part meditation on life in Communist Europe, The Physics of Sorrow is a dazzlingly inventive, mind-expanding novel from one of Europe''s most important writers.

    TRANSLATED FROM THE BULGARIAN BY ANGELA RODEL

    Recently viewed products

    © 2025 Book Curl

      • American Express
      • Apple Pay
      • Diners Club
      • Discover
      • Google Pay
      • Maestro
      • Mastercard
      • PayPal
      • Shop Pay
      • Union Pay
      • Visa

      Login

      Forgot your password?

      Don't have an account yet?
      Create account