Моят Шабат

Written for grandchildren born and raised outside Bulgaria, who may never learn where their family comes from, this memoir novel brings a Jewish family tree to life against the backdrop of old Burgas. The seaside town is almost a character of its own: the market hall, the Slaveykov school, the theatre, the sea, quiet back streets and a cast of colourful figures from the recent past, with echoes of the town's poets Hristo Fotev and Petya Dubarova. The narrator gathers her memories around the Sabbath, her own modest celebration of the seventh day: a day of family and children, of taking stock and forgiveness, of solitude and looking into oneself. Along the way the book traces how Bulgaria's Jews saw the world in the twentieth century and the part they played in the life of the town and the country.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

180 pages in the original

Genres

Autofiction, Family (assigned by AI)

First published

2019 by Fakel

ISBN

9789544112806 (original)