What Belongs to You
A haunting novel of erotic obsession by a major new talentOn an unseasonably warm autumn day, an American teacher enters a public bathroom beneath Sofia’s National Palace of Culture. There he meets Mitko, a charismatic young hustler, and pays him for sex. He returns to Mitko again and again over...
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A haunting novel of erotic obsession by a major new talentOn an unseasonably warm autumn day, an American teacher enters a public bathroom beneath Sofia’s National Palace of Culture. There he meets Mitko, a charismatic young hustler, and pays him for sex. He returns to Mitko again and again over the next few months, drawn by hunger and loneliness and risk, and finds himsel
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B010M6BZV4
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 209
Edition language: English
This carefully crafted small novel arises from the chance encounter of an expat American with a charming hustler in a public restroom in Bulgaria. It examines the ridiculousness of any desire and the mortification of unrequited desire in particular, and the narrator's limited Bulgarian language ski...
So this image could easily depict either of our two MCs or we as a reader. *unable to locate original image* :( I am left utterly torn up over the book and honestly left with no idea how to rate or review this at all. So bear with me as I ramble through this one.First off, the writing is painfully...
So this image could easily depict either of our two MCs or we as a reader. *unable to locate original image* :( I am left utterly torn up over the book and honestly left with no idea how to rate or review this at all. So bear with me as I ramble through this one.First off, the writing is painfully...
Poetry in prose. One of the most haunting, sensual and tender novels I have read. This is obviously no fiction, and thank god for that. Life is painfully beautiful when put into words by someone who knows how to use them.
I'm going to be the tough teacher who gives a less than stellar grade because I think this writer has unfulfilled potential. This is a story of one man's desire, lust and love for Mitko, the only named character in the book. Mitko is the proverbial bad penny. The author's writing brings to life Sofi...
9 years ago
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