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The Executioner (Kisyov novel)

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The Executioner
AuthorStefan Kisyov
LanguageBulgarian
GenreCrime
Publication placeBulgaria
Published in English
2003

The Executioner[1] is a post modern novel by Bulgarian novelist Stefan Kisyov, about the killing of Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov. It was published in 2003 and is the winner of the Vick Foundation's "Best Novel of 2004".[2]


Style

The style of the book[3] is written part fictionally, part phantasmagorically and uses existing facts, regardless of whether they are political, public or artistic by nature. It relies on vivid details, good dialogue, and on the effect of expectations going wrong, with a mixture of rough naturalism and ironical and metaphysical generalizations. The novel is written in the form of a confession, the confession of an executioner turned into a victim, and a victim, turned into an executioner.

Editions

  • Stefan Kisjov, Kat, Překl. Naďa Aljanabiová, Brno, Barrister & Principal, 2012[4].
  • Stefan Kissiov, Ekzekutor, Prevela sa bugarskog Asja Tihinova-Jovanović, Podgorica, Oktoih, 2012, 91 pages[5].


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References

  1. ^ http://www.erabooks.net/?action=show_book&bid=185
  2. ^ Vick Foundation
  3. ^ http://www.litclub.com/library/nbpr/kisiov/the_executioner.html
  4. ^ Българска литература в превод на чешки (1990-2014), Рецепция на славянските литератури в България след 1989 г. и на българската литература в съответните страни.
  5. ^ Българска литература в превод на сръбски през 2012 г..