{"product_id":"east-of-the-west-9781250007612","title":"East of the West","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Penkov's teeming stories accomplish in phrases what lesser writers take chapters to convey. . . . A collection of triumphs.\" --Susan Salter Reynolds, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA grandson tries to buy Lenin's corpse on eBay for his Communist grandfather. A failed wunderkind steals a golden cross from an Orthodox church. Every five years, a boy meets his cousin (the love of his life) in the river that divides their village into east and west. These are Miroslav Penkov's strange, unexpectedly moving visions of his home country, Bulgaria, and they are the stories that make up this beguiling and deeply felt debut. Animated by Penkov's unmatched eye for the absurd, \u003ci\u003eEast of the West \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant portrait of a country with its own compass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250007612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.12w x 0.67d","brand":"Miroslav Penkov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38213751701685,"sku":"9781250007612","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_10d60dc3-febb-4d50-8a67-5cb33b8a6a51.jpg?v=1610442684","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/east-of-the-west-9781250007612","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}