Auteur: Kapka Kassabova

Um die verbotenen Orte ihrer Kindheit zu sehen, unternahm Kapka Kassabova eine Reise in ihre Heimat. Was sie entdeckte, waren Wälder, Gebirge und Landschaften, die ihr Herz stehenbleiben ließen, so …

Writers of creative non-fiction are often expected to be able to recreate reality, to deal with, or even access, a singular truth. But the author, like any human, is not an automaton remotely tasked …

Writers of creative non-fiction are often expected to be able to recreate reality, to deal with, or even access, a singular truth. But the author, like any human, is not an automaton remotely tasked …

Winner of the the British Academy Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2018Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year 2017Winner of the 2017 Highland Book Prize Winner …

‘Tangled with darkness like its lush, decaying setting, Villa Pacifica had me gripped to the very end.’-Emily Perkins A couple arrive in a dead-end coastal village somewhere in South America. The …

After years on the outside, Bulgaria has finally made it into the EU club, but beyond the cliches about undrinkable plonk, cheap property, and assassins with poison-tipped umbrellas, the country …

Kapka Kassabova first set foot in a tango studio ten years ago and, from that moment, she was hooked. With the beat of tango driving her on and the music filling her head, she’s danced across the …

Born in Sofia, Kapka Kassabova grew up under the last years of Cold War Communism in the 1980s, emigrated after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and has loved and hated her homeland in equal measure ever …

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. Two vast lakes joined by underground rivers. Two lakes that have played a central role in Kapka Kassabova’s maternal family. As she journeys …

Kapka Kassabova folgt am Ohridsee den Spuren ihrer Familie. Wie in „Die letzte Grenze“ reist sie in ihrem neuen Buch auf den Weg in den Osten und in ihre eigene Vergangenheit. Fischer, Hausierer, …

En este extraordinario reportaje narrativo, Kapka Kassabova regresa a Bulgaria, desde donde emigró como niña veinticinco años antes, para explorar la frontera que comparte con Turquía y Grecia. …

All Roads Lead to the Sea is a first collection of poetry from a young Bulgarian immigrant poet. Her work had already attracted considerable attention, with a special issue of Poetry New Zealand …

Set in the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe and a nexus for wild plant gatherers, Elixir is an unforgettable exploration of the deep connections between …

„O carte minunată, despre un tărâm plin de magie.’ The Guardian În acest excepțional reportaj literar, Kapka Kassabova se întoarce în Bulgaria, de unde a emigrat cu 25 de ani în urmă, pentru a explor …

A classic in the making for our times MONIQUE ROFFEY Haunting, beautiful Anima will live with me for a long time CAL FLYN A beautiful book of passion and adventure She is simply sublime HORATIO …