Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

Excellent condition

A New Yorker and Guardian Best Book of the Year

Winner of the Premio Strega Europeo

In an apricot-colored building in Zurich, an enigmatic man named Gaustine opens a

"clinic for the past," offering an inspired treatment for Alzheimer's: each floor reproduces a decade in minute detail, helping patients synchronize with their internal time. But as the charade becomes more convincing, an increasing number of healthy people seek out the clinic as a "time shelter" - resulting in the unexpected conundrum whereby the past begins to invade the present. Brilliantly translated by Angela Rodel, this modern classic surreptitiously captures our impulse to weaponize nostalgia and

*cements Georgi Gaspodinov's reputation as one of the indispensable writers of aur times* (International Booker Prize Jury).

"Touching and intelligent."

-Adrian Nathan West, New York Times Book Review