Arms and the Man, by George Bernard Shaw. 2001. IndyPublish.Com. The play begins with accounts of the exploits of Major Sergius Saranoff, a “handsome” young Bulgarian officer.
The Corpse Dream of N. Petkov, by Thomas McGonigle. 2000. Northwestern University Press. This novel mixes history, fiction and biography, the author records the last minutes of Petkov's life and death. Petkov was one of the last opposition leaders to the Communist takeover in Bulgaria.
Daydreams and Nightmares: Bulgaria, Balkan Goddess. Six Poets Translated by Don D. Wilson (with Stella Kostova). 1995. Singular Speech Press.
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax, by Dorothy Gilman. 1987. Ballantine Books. Mrs. Pollifax continues her secret missions on a trip to Bulgaria.
The Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander, by Ekaterina Dimitrova. 1995. The British Library. "The Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander is the outstanding treasure of a cultural and spiritual Renaissance in fourteenth-century Bulgaria, and a masterpiece of Byzantine manuscript art.” (amazon.com)
Introduction to Modern Bulgarian Literature: An Anthology of Short Stories, by Nikolai Kirilov (Editor), Frank Kirk (Editor), and Marguerite Alexieva (Translator). 1969. Irvington Publishers.
King’s Ransom, by Jan Beazely and Thom Lemmons. September 2004. WaterBrook Press.
The story of Tsar Boris III, King of Bulgaria, and his extraordinary efforts to save his country's Jewish population from Hitler's concentration camps. Historic facts are interwoven with the stories of two fictional characters.
The Making of June, by Annie Nigh Ward. 2002. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. June travels to Bulgaria with her husband and experiences upheavals after the fall of Communism.
No Aloha: The Friendly Happy Music of the Past, by Deran Ludd. 1999. Semiotexte/Smart Art.
A futuristic novel detailing the story of the collapse of the former United
States and how several Coloradoans flee to the safety of Bulgaria.
Process of Illumination, by Karl Guillen. 2004. PublishAmerica. Cort Falcon,
a war correspondent in the Balkans, travels to Bulgaria on a secret mission.
Reconnaisance, by Kapka Kassabova. 1999. Penguin Books, Limited. Bulgarian
Nadejda backpacks around New Zealand and experiences many different encounters,
both comic and revealing.
Under the Yoke, by Ivan Vazov, a Bulgarian classic. 1971. Translated from the Bulgarian, the fictionalized story of the April 1876 uprising against the Ottomans. While this book is now out of print, it is considered a Bulgarian classic and would be worthwhile to find.
Wild Tales, by Nikolai Haitov and M. Holman (Translator). 1979. Peter Owen Limited.
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