“Helpful to me over the years was some of Ernest Hemingway's writing, for example A Farewell to Arms. You have characters who speak Italian or Spanish to each other. It's been helpful to me to study and try to emulate that in that way.” WritingTryingCharacterSpeakStudyHelpfulItalianFarewell Author:Miroslav Penkov
“I never wanted to write about Bulgaria. When I was still living there I did my absolute best to never write a story with a Bulgarian character with a Bulgarian name, and only after I came to the US and I was far away and missing it a great deal did I realize that writing about could be my way of returning back home. I think it was only through my writing that I fell in love with the country and with the history.” ThinkingWritingCountryCharacterHomeRealizingMissingMy WayFar Away Author:Miroslav Penkov
“Quiet, moving, masterfully crafted. Such are the nine stories in Venus in the Afternoon. Tehila Lieberman writes with precision, restraint, with a compassionate heart. She inhabits her characters, young or old, men or women, honestly, but without judgment, until they rise off the page and stand before us breathing and alive. New York, the Atacama desert, Amsterdam or Cuzco in Peru, the settings in Venus in the Afternoon are just as varied as the lives which they contain. A wonderful collection, one that will stay in your mind long after you have bid it goodbye.” MenWritingMindHeartLongCharacterStoriesMovingYoungAliveWonderfulNew YorkQuietJudgmentPagesHonestlyNineSettingSettingsDesertBreathingCollectionsGoodbyeOld ManCompassionateAfternoonRestraintPrecisionVenusAmsterdamPeru Author:Miroslav Penkov
