{"product_id":"9780857420886","title":"Apostoloff","description":"\u003cp\u003e “Gone, \u003ci\u003efinito\u003c\/i\u003e, The End, I say. A father who puts an end to it all before he wears down the whole family deserves more praise than damnation.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTwo sisters travel to Sofia—in a convoy of luxury limousines arranged by a fellow Bulgarian exile—to bury their less-than-beloved father. Like tourists, they are chauffeured by the ever-charming Ruben Apostoloff—one sister in the back seat, one in the passenger seat, one sharp-tongued and aggressive, the other polite and considerate. In a caustic voice, Apostoloff shows them the treasures of his beloved country: the peacock-eye pottery (which contains poisonous dye), the Black Sea coast (which is utterly destroyed), the architecture (a twentieth-century crime). His attempts to win them over seem doomed to fail, as the sisters’ Bulgarian heritage is a heavy burden—their father, a successful doctor and melancholy immigrant, appears in their dreams still dragging the rope with which he hanged himself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAn account of a daughter’s bitterly funny reckoning with her father and his country, laden with linguistic wit and black humor, \u003ci\u003eApostoloff\u003c\/i\u003e will introduce the unique voice of Sibylle Lewitscharoff to a new and eager audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008613957872,"sku":"9780857420886","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780857420886_p0.jpg?v=1763829173","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780857420886","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}