by Gueorgui Gospodinov · Relógio D'Água · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789897834059
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«Refúgio no Tempo» is a novel by Gueorgui Gospodinov published by Relógio D’Água in paperback, with 304 pages and text in Portuguese.
The enigmatic Gaustine opens a clinic for people with Alzheimer’s whose rooms recreate different decades of the 20th century, from the furniture to the small details of everyday life. Soon, people wishing to escape their present lives by taking refuge in the past also begin to arrive. The idea spreads across the European Union, turning the recovery of memory into an unsettling dystopia.
The original work was published in Bulgarian in 2020. This 2023 edition belongs to the «Ficções» series and includes a translation from Bulgarian and notes by Monika Boneva and Paulo Tiago Jerónimo.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in memory, nostalgia, and European dystopias.
