"At one point the novel ["Physics of Sorrow"] describes an afternoon on January 1, 2012. This is the strangest time of the whole year when the sense of happiness has gone up in smoke and drinks and you are standing on the brink of something you know nothing about.

I think however that we have long gone through 2012 – we have experienced so many apocalypses foretold and unexpected that we have lost our sensitivity to them. Actually what captivates my imagination is the personal apocalypse, this is what I find interesting.

In general terms 2012 will be just another end of the world. Nothing special, we have already been there before."

Bestselling Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov talks about his second novel, entitled "Physics of Sorrow", in an interview for 24 Hours daily. The much awaited book went on sale at the beginning of December

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