“I like books written with a flair for language. Books which lull you with the slight trace of the opium of storytelling, where every line unlocks new doors and senses. At the point from which the invisible narrator – the harvester of final breath – speaks, there is a meeting of death and love, melancholy and irony, fear and consolation. And a seductive personal story amongst the strangers’ stories in the end. I haven’t read such an exquisitely written book like “Ecstasis” by Radoslav Bimbalov in a long time.”
Georgi Gospodinov, International Booker Prize 2023 winner
"Bimbalov's stories are like opening a long-closed window after a long winter - both surprisingly fresh and as if you remember them from somewhere. This is the effect of good storytelling – it both surprises and reassures."
Zachary Karabashliev
"Powerful prose that rushes to hearts with the force of a long-awaited spring and makes the human spirit seek and create paths to truth. We need such masterfully told stories - original, deeply human, brave."
Zdravka Evtimova
My books
Compact beguiling prose, at the same time intimate and exquisite, but also merciless in its powerful insights into the contemporary world. Mikhail is invisible. You can’t see him or sense him. He comes from the left – a place memories are kept, but feelings and names slowly fade. His task is to collect and nourish the last breath of dying people. But sometimes even on the left, something happens which will change the rules forever. And what is it that can defeat death and even obstruct the creator? What is this space for breath, without which life would be impossible?
Published by Ciela, 2023
"Bimbalov's short stories are like opening a long-closed window after a long winter - both surprisingly fresh and as if you remember them from somewhere. This is the effect of good storytelling – it both surprises and reassures."
Zachary Karabashliev
"Wonderful stories! Powerful prose that rushes to hearts with the force of a long-awaited spring and makes the human spirit seek and create paths to truth. We need such masterfully told stories - original, deeply human, brave."
Zdravka Evtimova
Published by Ciela, 2022
