Lit in Translation

Не казвай на мама

Ne kazvay na mama

“Don't Tell Mum” (title translated by AI)

Nikolay Yordanov (Николай Йорданов)

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A narrator who no longer knows who they were in life, a man or a woman, watches over a group of people living far apart, in places from Iran to Uganda to Bulgaria: Nae-il, born in the grey North; handsome Kasim from the desert; Iman; Tamika, whose voice everyone will fall in love with; blue-eyed Miembre; shy Hakim; cynical Alexander; Luka; Matias. Their fates lie side by side, and they share one soul and one sexuality, a secret they would never tell anyone, least of all their own mothers. Drawing on the stories of men from around the world who confided in the author, the novel is about people forced to live a lie in front of those closest to them, and about the persecution, violence and contempt they face.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
400 pages in the original
First published
2020 by Fabrika za knigi
ISBN

9786197568004 (original)