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Party Headquarters (excerpt)
Georgi Tenev
Georgi Tenev (born 1969
in
Sofia)is a novelist, short
story writer, playwright,
screenwriter for film and
television, and TV host, and
a
founder
of
the
Triumviratus Art Group.
Major topics in his work include the cultural and
ideological void in post-totalitarian societies and the
consequent emerging of counter-cultures; the fall of
utopias, and social amnesias. He examines quasi-religion
and disbelief, barbarism and revolution, the
Holocaust,and
the problem of evil. Recent writing often addresses
environmental issues.
Party Headquartersdeals with the social paradoxes of
post- communistBulgarian society, in the horrible shadow of
the
Chernobyl disaster.It won the
Vick FoundationAward
for Novel of the Year, and enjoys its English-language debut
in our pages.
Translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel.