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| Original Title: | 18% Сиво ISBN13 9789542802778 |
| Edition Language: | Bulgarian URL http://www.ciela.bg/?p=book_view&aid=163 |
| Setting: | Tijuana(Mexico) Mexico New York City, New York(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Elias Canetti Award, Цветето на Хеликон (2008) |
Zachary Karabashliev
Paperback | Pages: 276 pages Rating: 3.97 | 3029 Users | 204 Reviews
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| Title | : | 18% Сиво |
| Author | : | Zachary Karabashliev |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | десето издание |
| Pages | : | Pages: 276 pages |
| Published | : | 2011 by Сиела Норма АД (first published 2008) |
| Categories | : | European Literature. Bulgarian Literature. Fiction. Contemporary. Cultural. Bulgaria |
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Един симпатичен луд българин в Америка, една торба прясна марихуана и безкраен път… От Мексико до Ню Йорк, през България на 90-те. Гангстери и любови, надежда и отчаяние, смях и тъга. Кино-история за всички нас – емигрантите от собственото си минало.Rating Regarding Books 18% Сиво
Ratings: 3.97 From 3029 Users | 204 ReviewsArticle Regarding Books 18% Сиво
DISCLAIMER: I am the publisher of the book and thus spent approximately two years reading and editing and working on it. So take my review with a grain of salt, or the understanding that I am deeply invested in this text and know it quite well. Also, I would really appreciate it if you would purchase this book, since it would benefit Open Letter directly.A fun adventure book about a man who's lost his wife, found a massive bag of marijuana, and decided to fix his life by taking a road tripI bought this book in Sofia, in the advice of the bookstore clerk. It is a good book, well written and interesting, more about America and the way it's perceived by someone from Europe than about Bulgaria.
This is a seriously good book. The structure of the novel takes three forms (the present day, past events and past conversations) that compliment each other superbly yet reveal completely different circumstances, perspective and at times, sides of the main character. Zachary is unfiltered and uncontrived. He can be crude and boorish yet at the heart of this character, is something touching and romantic (but without being romantic). The book is really well-written and his descriptions and imagery
This is an incredibly written book. It isn't quite appropriate for me to share with students, but I am sure my adult friends will enjoy it, even if you haven't been to Bulgaria. If you have, it is so hilarious in a dark humor, but very real way. We have met the author and have a presentation with him later this month.
Meh. I am very supportive of getting more foreign literature translated into English, and I was more than happy to give this Bulgarian award-winner a try. It's the kind of book I know some people will really love - it just wasn't for me. Kind of felt like the movie "Once," but starring Keanu Reeves instead? Very earnest, with some interesting themes, but also kind of ridiculous and full of stereotypes and too neatly wrapped up by the end. Interesting to see the US through the eyes of someone not
A Bulgarian best-selling novel with more that 10 editions since 2008, which I wanted to share widely as soon as I read it, is finally translated into English! It is a beautiful love story, an exciting heros journey across America and into self-realization, a Quentin-Tarantino-like entertainment, which at times hits you with its deep sensitivity. It is dynamic, fast moving, funny and evocative. The main character, Zack is a Bulgarian who moves to the USA after the fall of the Berlin wall. The
Yr classic zany American road trip, from LA to NYC, told this time by a Bulgarian transplant. There are some wonderful moments and some of the writing I really enjoyed-- lines about the forest fire being like he's in the belly of an orange balloon-- but this book didn't hold together for me. The protagonist is critical towards everyone and everything, which begs the reader to turn that scornful, overly cynical eye on him. And that narrator treads a pretty worn line: I've fallen into the trap of
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