Summary of Apostoloff
“Apostoloff” by German author Lewitscharoff tells the story of two sisters who travel from Stuttgart to Sofia to bury their father, a successful Bulgarian immigrant in Germany, who nevertheless committed suicide. After the interment ceremony, the sisters are taken on a tour across Bulgaria, by Rumen Apostoloff, an old family friend, who tries to convince them of the beauty of Bulgarian nature and culture.
Reasons to read Apostoloff
“Apostoloff” is the story of reckoning between two daughters and their father (and his native Bulgaria). It is a tale of heritage, grief, and religion, topped with doses of black humour. Sibylle Lewitscharoff was a contemporary German writer of Bulgarian descent. She won important German-language literary awards such as the Georg Büchner prize in 2013 and the Ingeborg Bachmann prize in 1998. Her novel “Apostoloff” was awarded the Leipzig Book Fair Prize and the Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize.
Setting: Bulgaria
Book set in Bulgaria: various places across Bulgaria, including Sofia, Arbanassi, Shumen, Varna, Nessebar, and Plovdiv.
Original title: Apostoloff
Year of publication: 2009
Nr of pages: 288
