{"id":629,"date":"2014-09-20T15:27:42","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T15:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mytwostotinki.com\/?p=629"},"modified":"2014-12-27T09:16:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T09:16:37","slug":"michael-ondaatje-and-miroslav-penkov-will-read-in-sofia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mytwostotinki.com\/?p=629","title":{"rendered":"Michael Ondaatje and Miroslav Penkov will read in Sofia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>For those readers of the blog who are in Sofia next Friday, I have a quite interesting event to announce.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the most famous and best contemporary authors, Michael Ondaatje, comes to town. The author of <em>The English Patient<\/em>, <em>Running in the Family<\/em> and other excellent books is accompanied by English-writing Bulgarian-American author Miroslav Penkov &#8211; I reviewed the latter&#8217;s first brilliant book <em>East of the West<\/em> here not long ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You can meet the two authors, who will read, answer questions and sign books at the Helikon Bookstore, Bul. Tsar Osvoboditel 4 (that&#8217;s opposite the Russian Church), on Friday, 26 September, at 18.00. The event is organized by the Publishing House Lachezar Minchev and is supported by the\u00a0<em>Rolex Mentor and Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Arts Initiative.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t miss it in case you are around!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mytwostotinki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/the_english_patient_cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-630\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mytwostotinki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/the_english_patient_cover-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"Patient Hardcover 2013 Jacket CDR 15 Final 2\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" data-wp-pid=\"630\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mytwostotinki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/the_english_patient_cover-196x300.jpg 196w, http:\/\/www.mytwostotinki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/the_english_patient_cover-131x200.jpg 131w, http:\/\/www.mytwostotinki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/the_english_patient_cover.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Thomas H\u00fcbner\u00a0and mytwostotinki.com, 2014. 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