Time Shelter - Georgi Gospodinov despite a police manhunt

despite a police manhunt

Translator: Roger Gard

Turned away from establishments he had long patronised

strangers stalk the houses

Time Shelter - Georgi Gospodinov despite a police manhuntIn Time Shelter, an enigmatic flneur named Gaustine opens a 'clinic for the past' that offers a promising treatment for Alzheimer's sufferers: each floor reproduces a decade in minute detail, transporting patients back in time. As Gaustine's assistant, the 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