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Bulgaria

Two pears hang from a branch in front of a blue sky

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Keder

By Yordanka Beleva

Way back, the old Turks believed that when you die, you bequest to your nearest and dearest precisely forty sorrows.

Translated from Bulgarian by Izidora Angel

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Make Bulgaria Great Again

By Svetlozar Zhelev & Angela Rodel

Just like every other literature and viewpoint, Bulgarian literature has important contributions to make.

Books hanging on light fixtures

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Invisible Crises

By Georgi Gospodinov

We must admit here that we, people on the side of literature, writers, publishers, and enthusiastic readers, have to a certain extent accepted our own defeat.

Translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel

Adriana

By Theodora Dimova

This skin hanging like a wet sheet over bent bones would have seemed devastating to me.

Translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel

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Tomato

By Zachary Karabashliev

How is it that in this big whoppin’ America there’s not a single little piece of baling wire?

Translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel

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The Meek

Then the generous autumn of ’44 suddenly thrust into your hands the power to shape human fates.

Translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel

The Shadow of the Great Masturbator

“You’ve been trading in stolen knickers, haven’t you!”

Translated from Bulgarian by Christopher Buxton

Visitors Assume All Risk upon Entering the Premises

By Kristin Dimitrova

He spoke quietly, calmly, with a certain despair that was discernible only on the fringes of his personality.

Translated from Bulgarian by Annie Dancheva

Time to Pack

By Boryana Neykova

Soon I will be leaving this town too

Translated from Bulgarian by Irina Ivanova

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A brown dachshund stands on a dirt path in a park

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Seven Ways to Hide Behind a Dog

By Yordanka Beleva

The first question is “Why did you get a dog?”

Translated from Bulgarian by Ivan Kolarov

Old Proud Mountain

By Georgi Tenev

The machines struggled with the mountain, snow sent punctuated volleys against the windshields. Black and roaring, the cars sowed alarm.

Translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel

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What Wolves Dream

By Olya Stoyanova

“Have you been watching too much ‘Animal Planet’ or what?!”

Translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel

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The Barrister from Bar Doli

By Vlado Trifonov

She often called at this underworld hangout.

Translated from Bulgarian by Peter Skipp

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Just the Two

By Agop Melkonyan

The Old Man had been preparing for these questions twenty years now. Nothing could surprise him.

Translated from Bulgarian by Kalin M. Nenov

A pile of cucumbers

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Gastarbeiter

By Martin Karbowski

He says that was the most ingenious smokescreen he’s ever seen in his life.

Translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel

From “Mausolée”

By Rouja Lazarova

Under the crowd's gray gaze, a dozen militiamen bluntly push him into a small van.

Translated from French by Christine Schwartz Hartley