Васил Георгиев
Bulgaria
Helikon 2016 · Nominee
Eks orbita
Novel · 272 pages · Speculative, Satire
AI-generated summary:In 2097, Pempo and Marion cycle to see what is left of their great-grandparents' house in Samograd, an isolated town at the edge of the country, where Marion disappears and Pempo is kidnapped by the Transmentalists.
Helikon 2013 · Nominee
Aparat
Title translated by AI:“Apparatus”
Novel · 324 pages · Satire
AI-generated summary:A failed marketer builds a machine to help people use their minds again after advertising has damaged them, while a young man tries to pull off the coup of his life.
Helikon 2011 · Winner
Degrad
Short stories · 96 pages
AI-generated summary:Thirteen stories written between 2008 and 2010 about the falling apart of the false human persona, ranging from urban gothic and online romantic comedy to feline diabolism and a chemical fairy tale.
Helikon 2009 · Nominee
Budistki plazh
Title translated by AI:“Buddhist Beach”
Short stories · 132 pages
AI-generated summary:Twenty-five short urban stories, from a dying man's letter to his former love to biblical parody, retro pastiche and fantastic twists, mostly told by a young, educated man from Sofia haunted by mirrors, dreams and death.