Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov

Death and the Gardener

Georgi Gospodinov

Here is a son's account of his father's last days and his own lasting grief. It's a moving and sometimes funny meditation about life and death enlivened with memories and anecdotes. This book will strike a chord in all readers but especially anyone who has lost a parent.

Extract

Do we still exist if the last person who remembers us as children has passed away? What do we talk about when we talk about death? About life, of course, about its whole enchanting ephemerality.

 

Parallels
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  • Tinkers by Paul Harding
  • The Old King in His Exile by Arno Geiger