Details for 'Time Shelter' by Georgi Gospodinov and translated by Angela Rodel
Time Shelter
This is a book about memory and the impact of being able to return to our past. 'Written in a masterful and totally unpredictable style,' it is described as 'powerful and brilliant' and won the International Booker Prize 2023. What will we think of it?
Recommended in June 2023
Book publication date: 30th March 2023
Read by Woodbridge Book Group on 31st July 2023
Lots of clever ideas but presented almost as a collection of stories, with some more compelling than others. Many interesting themes to consider but some felt it was too episodic and disjointed, a little difficult to follow at times, and not a coherent whole.