The release date for the English version of 'Time Shelter' by
Georgi Gospodinov is May 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Georgi Gospodinov, a Bulgarian novelist who has won several awards, has captured the attention of readers worldwide with his intricate, Kafkaesque stories about modern-day Europe.
In Time Shelter, an enigmatic flâneur named Gaustine opens a “clinic for the past” that offers a promising treatment for Alzheimer’s sufferers: each floor reproduces a decade in minute detail, transporting patients back in time. The anonymous narrator serves as Gaustine's helper and is entrusted with gathering artifacts from the past, such as 1940s shirt buttons and 1960s furniture, as well as odors and even afternoon light. However, as the rooms become more realistic, more and more healthy individuals start going to the clinic as a "time shelter"—a tendency that leads to an unanticipated dilemma as the past starts to intrude into the present. Time Shelter, a work of exquisite writing skillfully translated by Angela Rodel, introduces American readers to Gospodinov as a vital figure in world literature.