Autor Kapka Kassabova

‘A classic in the making for our times’ MONIQUE ROFFEY‘Haunting, beautiful…Anima will live with me for a long time’ CAL FLYN‘A beautiful book of passion and adventure… She is simply sublime’ HORATIO CLAREThe spellbinding new book by the prizewinning…

Set in the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe and a nexus for wild plant gatherers, Elixir is an unforgettable exploration of the deep connections between people, plants and place. ‘Kassabova had me under her spell…

In the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe, where the surrounding forests and mountains are a nexus for wild plant gatherers, Kapka Kassabova finds a story with vast resonance for us all. Elixir is an unforgettable…

A revealing personal portrait of a little-known country perched on the eastern edge of Europe - captured by one of its most eloquent and engaging expats.

When Kapka Kassabova was a child, the borderzone between Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece was rumoured to be an easier crossing point into the West than the Berlin Wall so it swarmed with soldiers, spies and fugitives. On holidays close to the border on the…

One of the most celebrated books of the year: a vivid journey through the haunted borderlands that once made up the easternmost stretch of the old Iron Curtain and today mark the outer reaches of Europe

From the celebrated author of Border comes a portrait of an ancient but little-understood corner of Balkans, and a personal reckoning with the past.

Pro nezasvěceného je tango prostě tanec, i když tanec exotický a smyslný. Ale pro opravdové tangueros je to něco jako náboženství, které přitahuje zbloudilé, osamělé a nadšené duše svými pevně stanovenými rituály, pocitem sounáležitosti a silným emočním…