Evtimova is a master of story telling and manages, in just a few sentences, to draw the reader into a character’s fate, most often with what is left unsaid and omitted. Her language is poetic and rich in imagery, clearly influenced by the microcosm of authors such as Alice Munro.
— Olga Hochweis, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Studio 9
Short Stories, 276 pages, 2026
STORIES FROM KAVARNA
Zdravka Evtimova’s talent to present us with incredible but entirely realistic situations, full of unexpected plot twists and to craft vivid dialogue with a subtle flair for the aphoristic, is unrivalled and lies at the heart of her success as a recognizable and much-loved storyteller to thousands of readers at home and abroad.
The themes she deals with are important and relevant not only to the Bulgarian society – preserving the human in inhuman situations, living and surviving in a toxic family and work environment, overcoming socially deviant practices as they are always presented with impressive empathy and humor.
– Krasimir Lozanov