Bulgarian creator Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel acquired the International Booker Prize on Tuesday for ‘Time Shelter,’ a darkly comic novel regarding the dangerous attraction of nostalgia.
The e-book beat 5 completely different finalists to the prize, which acknowledges fiction from across the globe that has been translated into English. The 50,000 kilos ($62,000) in prize money is cut up between creator and translator. ‘Time Shelter’ imagines a clinic that recreates the earlier, with each floor reproducing a particular decade. Intended as a technique to help of us with dementia unlock their reminiscences, it rapidly turns right into a magnet for people eager to flee the modern world. (Read further)
