What does cynicism taste like
The book offers a startling collection of documents that confront us with details from the bureaucratic world of the Nazis and the intimate worlds they destroyed: Bäcker's sources range from victims' letters and medical charts to train schedules and the telephone records of Auschwitz
Los Angeles Times Book Review
Basara’s stories remain stubbornly eccentric
The Corpse Dream of N. Petkov Anthologies What does cynicism taste likeOn 23 September 1947, Nikola Petkov, the last significant opposition leader to the Communist takeover in Bulgaria, was hanged in the Central Prison in Sofia, Bulgaria, sentenced to death after a rigged trial: "Petkov was hanged by the neck and was On 23 September 1947, Nikola Petkov, the last significant opposition leader to the Communist takeover in Bulgaria, was hanged in the Central Prison in Sofia, Bulgaria, sentenced to death after a rigged