Quiet, moving, masterfully crafted. Such are the nine stories in Venus in the Afternoon. Tehila Lieberman writes with precision, restraint, with a compassionate heart. She inhabits her characters, young or old, men or women, honestly, but without judgment, until they rise off the page and stand before us breathing and alive. New York, the Atacama desert, Amsterdam or Cuzco in Peru, the settings in Venus in the Afternoon are just as varied as the lives which they contain. A wonderful collection, one that will stay in your mind long after you have bid it goodbye.
Words physically have power to bring things into existence. - Miroslav Penkov
Words physically have power to bring things into existence.
- Miroslav Penkov
I don't find English restrictive, but it brings a level of discipline to my writing that I wouldn't have in Bulgarian. My control of English, however… - Miroslav Penkov
I don't find English restrictive, but it brings a level of discipline to my writing that I wouldn't have in Bulgarian. My control of English, however…
One of the things people often say about America is that it's a such a young country, relatively, and its problem - Europeans say this - is that they… - Miroslav Penkov
One of the things people often say about America is that it's a such a young country, relatively, and its problem - Europeans say this - is that they…
When I was writing in Bulgarian, I could hide behind beautiful prose. - Miroslav Penkov
When I was writing in Bulgarian, I could hide behind beautiful prose.
I was really interested in the ritual of fire dancing. I saw it when I was a kid. My parents took me to the Black Sea, it was like a tourist attracti… - Miroslav Penkov
I was really interested in the ritual of fire dancing. I saw it when I was a kid. My parents took me to the Black Sea, it was like a tourist attracti…
I think that's the nature of the region, not even simply Eastern Europe but the Balkans. They are their own region. They are a peculiar place. They d… - Miroslav Penkov
I think that's the nature of the region, not even simply Eastern Europe but the Balkans. They are their own region. They are a peculiar place. They d…
In certain places, not always, there are moments where I tried to convey in English a sense of foreignness. I wanted the reader to get the sense that… - Miroslav Penkov
In certain places, not always, there are moments where I tried to convey in English a sense of foreignness. I wanted the reader to get the sense that…
Helpful to me over the years was some of Ernest Hemingway's writing, for example A Farewell to Arms. You have characters who speak Italian or Spanish… - Miroslav Penkov
Helpful to me over the years was some of Ernest Hemingway's writing, for example A Farewell to Arms. You have characters who speak Italian or Spanish…
What's great about symbols, what a writer can do with them is provide a really vivid, interesting image, and the reader will do the rest of the work.… - Miroslav Penkov
What's great about symbols, what a writer can do with them is provide a really vivid, interesting image, and the reader will do the rest of the work.…
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