Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Georgi Gospodinov's 'Time Shelter' is inventive, sad, and very kooky (despite some narrative stalling), and mostly fulfills its thematic goals. Winner of the International Booker Prize 2023.
7/10
Time Shelter: An unnamed narrator is tasked with collecting the flotsam and jetsam of the past, from 1960s furniture and 1940s shirt buttons to scents, and even afternoon light. But as the rooms become more convincing, an increasing number of healthy people seek out the clinic as a ‘time shelter’, hoping to escape the horrors of modern life - a development that results in an unexpected conundrum when the past begins to invade the present. Intricately crafted, and eloquently translated by Angela Rodel, Time Shelter cements Georgi Gospodinov’s reputation as one of the indispensable writers of our times, and a major voice in international literature.
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Georgi Gospodinov's 'Time Shelter' is inventive, sad, and very kooky (despite some narrative stalling), and mostly fulfills its thematic goals. Winner of the International Booker Prize 2023.
7/10
Time Shelter: An unnamed narrator is tasked with collecting the flotsam and jetsam of the past, from 1960s furniture and 1940s shirt buttons to scents, and even afternoon light. But as the rooms become more convincing, an increasing number of healthy people seek out the clinic as a ‘time shelter’, hoping to escape the horrors of modern life - a development that results in an unexpected conundrum when the past begins to invade the present. Intricately crafted, and eloquently translated by Angela Rodel, Time Shelter cements Georgi Gospodinov’s reputation as one of the indispensable writers of our times, and a major voice in international literature.
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/61199102
Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/TheDiscoKing
Let me know what I should review next! Thanks for watching, and remember: that's it actually, just remember.
#internationalbookerprize #bookerprize #timeshelter #books #booktube
