Miroslav Penkov: 3 books

Book cover of East of the West

East of the West

A Country in Stories

by Miroslav Penkov
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011

A grandson tries to buy the corpse of Lenin on eBay for his Communist grandfather. A failed wunderkind steals a golden cross from an Orthodox church. A boy meets his cousin (the love of his life) once every five years in the river that divides their village into east and west. These are Miroslav Penkov's...
Book cover of The BBC International Short Story Award 2012
by Miroslav Penkov, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Lucy Caldwell
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013

Featuring: LUCY CALDWELL, JULIAN GOUGH, M.J. HYLAND, KRYS LEE, DEBORAH LEVY, MIROSLAV PENKOV (WINNER), HENRIETTA ROSE-INNES (RUNNER UP), ADAM ROSS, CARRIE TIFFANY, CHRIS WOMERSLEY "I’m sorry I wrote you such a long letter," quipped Blaise Pascal famously, "I didn’t have time...
Book cover of Stork Mountain

Stork Mountain

A Novel

by Miroslav Penkov
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016

Stork Mountain tells the story of a young Bulgarian immigrant who, in an attempt to escape his mediocre life in America, returns to the country of his birth. Retracing the steps of his estranged grandfather, a man who suddenly and inexplicably cut all contact with the family three years prior, the...
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