World Literature: Georgia Gospodinov’s “The Man with Many Names” with Angela Rodel and Anderson Tepper

Photo Credit: Phelia Barouh. Photo Courtesy: WW Norton

From the International Booker Prize–winning Georgi Gospodinov comes a volume of his finest short stories gathered over three decades. Exhibiting a world-renowned author at his most playful and profound, The Man with Many Names captures the peculiarities of existence across forty tales set in and around his beloved Bulgaria, in and around this fading world.<

The Man with Many Names echoes boldly through time and place, all while remaining uncannily attuned to the profound nature of human connection—how one person’s single gesture can ripple through another’s life like fate. Masterfully translated by Angela Rodel, this is another wildly inventive contribution from “one of the indispensable writers of our times” (International Booker Prize Jury).

Join Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel in conversation with Anderson Tepper on October 13.

You can purchase a copy of The Man With Many Names at the City of Asylum Bookstore.

About the Author:
Georgi Gospodinov is the recipient of the International Booker Prize and the Premio Strega, among many other accolades. He lives in Sofia, Bulgaria.

About the Translator:
Angela Rodel won the International Booker for translation and has received honors such as the PEN Translation Fund Grant. She lives in Sofia.

About the Moderator:
Anderson Tepper is a guest curator of PEN America’s World Voices Festival and a longstanding member of the Brooklyn Book Festival’s Literary Council and international committee. Formerly of Vanity Fair, his writing on books and authors has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, and World Literature Today, among other publications. Anderson also serves on City of Asylum’s Advisory Board.

About Your Visit:
The in-house restaurant, Cucina Alfabeto, is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.