Winner of the 2023 Man Booker International Prize

Is it possible to bring back the past? The ambitious hoaxer Gaustin believes so. He opens the world's first 'Past Cure' clinic. This institution offers an unusual method of treating patients with Alzheimer's disease. Each floor of the building accurately recreates a different decade, allowing people to recover memories thought lost forever. But the more convincing the staging becomes, the more healthy people begin to seek refuge from the impasse of everyday life: the future no longer attracts anyone; everyone wants to return to the past. Events are rapidly spiraling out of control...

The novel's short chapters form a story of double tragedy—personal and universal memory loss. Georgi Gospodinov is unique in many ways. I have been familiar with his work for a very long time, and believe me, no one but him can so skillfully combine an intriguing idea, creative imagination, and perfect style.

OLGA TOKARCHUK, Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature

Author: Georgi Gospodinov
Publishing House: Polyandria No Age
Year: 2023
Number of pages: 285
Cover type: hardback
Translator: Natalia Nankinova
Country of origin: Bulgaria
Age group: 16+