Симетрия

Thirteen stories spread across two continents, about the private catastrophes, survivals and unexpected moments of insight of their characters. A spiteful tomcat called Johnny Socks causes an incident in midnight Brooklyn; a Latino railwayman from Chicago shares a dark secret with a stranger; two partners in sunny California face bankruptcy and a stray puppy they must care for; a newly released prisoner heads for his birthplace in Dobrudzha; an elderly widower keeps a diary while visiting his daughter Radoslava in America. There are also a few hours in the life of a car park attendant in Varna, a writer in crisis on a Greek island, a doctor's three-and-a-half-minute memory of her first teacher, and three couples talking on a jasmine-scented Sunday afternoon.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

154 pages in the original

Set in

United States, Bulgaria

First published

2011 by Ciela

Author's age

43 when first published

ISBN

9789542810216 (original)