![]() ![]() He said it was a time when “anxiety was in the air.” Gospodinov, 55, said he began writing his book about “the weaponization of nostalgia” in 2016, the year of the election of Donald Trump and the U.K.'s Brexit referendum. ![]() Intended as a way to help people with dementia unlock their memories, it soon becomes a magnet for people eager to escape the modern world. “Time Shelter” imagines a clinic that recreates the past, with each floor reproducing a different decade. The 50,000 pounds ($62,000) in prize money is divided between author and translator. ![]() The book beat five other finalists to the prize, which recognizes fiction from around the world that has been translated into English. LONDON – Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday for “Time Shelter,” a darkly comic novel about the dangerous appeal of nostalgia. ![]()
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