The Physics of Sorrow

Georgi Gospodinov (born 7 January 1968, in Yambol, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian writer, poet and playwright based in Sofia. He studied Bulgarian philology at Sofia University and holds a PhD in Bulgarian literature from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Widely regarded as the most translated Bulgarian author of the post-1989 generation, with work published in more than 30 languages, his novels include Natural Novel (1999), The Physics of Sorrow (2012) and Time Shelter (2020). He and translator Ange...