Death and the Gardener - Georgi Gospodinov Boccaccio's Decameron sees his characters

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

cynical Andrey and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast

have democratised the short story

their places in a changing ecosystem

The result in each story is a small but crucial change in perspective

Death and the Gardener - Georgi Gospodinov Boccaccio's Decameron sees his charactersThrough 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,