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Wolf Hunt
Wolf Hunt | Ivailo Petrov
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Published in 1986, three years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Wolf Hunt was the first novel to portray the human cost of Communist policies on Bulgarian villagers, forced by the government to abandon their land and traditional way of life. Darkly comic and tragic, the novel centers on an ill-fated winter hunting expedition of six neighbors whose history together is long and interwoven. The ensuing story takes the reader on a voyage of shifting perspectives that places the calamitous history of twentieth-century Bulgaria into a human context of helplessness and desperation.
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Wolf Hunt | Ivailo Petrov
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If man had no memory, he would live like an angel in this world

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Wolf Hunt | Ivailo Petrov
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I must confess to not really knowing much about Bulgarian history and how it fit in to the momentous events that were happening in the time frame of this book, approximately the 20th century, although most of it through the lens of a couple of characters‘ memories during a boondoggle wolf hunt. If you only get around to a single example of Bulgarian literature in this lifetime, you would not be going wrong with this one. See review on LibraryThing

jveezer Seriously struggling with the character limit here. I got frustrated so just chopped up the review I did on LibraryThing. 😵 7y
jveezer Obviously I have a problem being succinct. 7y
tricours Sounds interesting! I think I‘ve read one single Bulgarian book in my life. I read it in Bulgarian though, that must be a huge plus 😄 7y
jveezer @tricours haha, yes. For those of us that can't read in other languages, there is the often long or indefinite wait for a translation. This one took 31 years. 7y
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Wolf Hunt | Ivailo Petrov
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Still pondering this one as I set it on the top of my #ArchipelagoBooks "Have Read" pile. Fantastic. And the stack will continue to grow now that I succumbed to their subscription... #ReadWide #ReadAllLanguages

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Ponder this with your latte: "Is it possible to achieve a humane end through inhumane means?” #ReadWide #ReadAllLanguages #ReadAllCultures

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Wolf Hunt | Ivailo Petrov
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This book (like every book) is putting my reading companion to sleep. I'm finding it fascinating.

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Wolf Hunt | Ivailo Petrov
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OK, I'm going in. It's a big book, as thick as my teacup is tall.

MrsMalaprop I'm starting the year with a tome too. I figure I might as well go in hard 👏😁. Good luck 😊.
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Wolf Hunt | Ivailo Petrov
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I can't say enough about #archipelagobooks for helping me break out of reading the white english-speaking cis-male canon. Just succumbed to their subscription to get the next 12 books they publish. Very excited. Next up on my TBR list, Wolf Hunt. My first ever read from the Bulgarian.

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