Summary of The Glass River
“The Glass River” follows the adventures of Hélène Thibault, a French student, in the deserted Bulgarian village of Gradishte. While researching the 10th-century Christian sect of the Bogomils, Hélène becomes involved in a series of unexpected events, including a love triangle.
Reasons to read The Glass River
Emil Andreev is a Bulgarian author who won the Vick Award for Novel of the Year in 2005 for “The Glass River”. The novel is regarded as a modern classic of Bulgarian literature and was adapted into a Bulgarian film in 2009.
Setting: Bulgaria
Book set in Bulgaria: the fictional village of Gradishte, set on the River Lom in north-western Bulgaria
Original title: Стъклената река
Year of publication: 2004
Nr of pages: 304
