Kapka Kassabova: Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe (2017, Graywolf Press)
400 pages
Published Sept. 5, 2017 by Graywolf Press.
This is a wonderful book. An illuminating introduction to a relatively little know part of Europe, the border between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.
"They say when things got rough, a siren would appear out of the waves with a torch and lead you on to some point of eternal return or another."
mysterious but immediate
Powerful book about the borders between Greece-Bulgaria-Turkey from way back in time to the present. It's about how borders shape our personal histories, how they tear us apart, and how they divide us. These are the personal stories of people on all sides of the borders and the things they've had to endure. It's also a personal journey for the author who grew up in Bulgaria when the border was closed and a forbidden place.
