Death and the Gardener - Georgi Gospodinov The story of Elena and

The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples

Boccaccio's Decameron sees his characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day

and soon his loyalties will be tested to their limit

At the age of 21

have democratised the short story

Death and the Gardener - Georgi Gospodinov The story of Elena andThrough long winter mornings in Bulgaria, a man sits by the bedside of his elderly father. His father, who created and left behind a garden, blooming from a barren village yard: peonies and potatoes, roses and cherry trees. His father, without whom the man begins to quietly crack. Because the end of our fathers is the end of a world. From the winner of the International Booker Prize comes a novel about a father, a son and an orphaned garden,