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Recommended contemporary fiction books (2)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into contemporary fiction here are some contemporary fiction books from Bulgaria for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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Everything Happens as it Does by Albena Stambolova EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Bulgaria flag Bulgaria
Description:
Albena Stambolova's idiosyncratic debut novel, Everything Happens as it Does, builds from the idea that everything happens exactly the way it must. In this case, the seven characters of the novel each play a specific role in the lives of the others, binding them all together in a strange, yet logical, knot. As characters are picked up, explored and then swept aside, the novel's beguiling structure becomes apparent, forcing the reader to pay attention to the patterns created by this accumulation of events and relationships.

2.

Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali EN

Rating: 5 (5 votes)
Country: Europe / Bulgaria flag Bulgaria
Description:
"The pain of losing something precious can be forgotten over time. But our missed opportunities never leave us, and every time they come back to haunt us, we ache.' A shy young man leaves his home in rural Turkey to learn a trade and discover life in 1920s Berlin. There, amid the city's bustling streets, elegant museums, passionate politics and seedy cabarets, a chance meeting transforms his life forever. Caught between his desire for freedom and his yearning to belong, he struggles to hold on to the new life he has found."