The Post-Office Girl Georgi Gospodinov whose Greek slave may have

whose Greek slave may have cut off her diseased breast

she discovers he is in awe of her friend

chairs out of place and the remains of their last meal of the evening still on the table – and how painful it felt to put things back in order afterwards

A superbly poised

Publisher: Alma

The Post-Office Girl Georgi Gospodinov whose Greek slave may haveThe post office girl is Christine, who looks after her ailing mother and toils in a provincial Austrian post office in the years just after the Great War. One afternoon, as she is dozing among the official forms and stamps, a telegraph arrives addressed to her. It is from her rich aunt, who lives in America and writes requesting that Christine join her and her husband in a Swiss Alpine resort. After a dizzying train ride, Christine finds herself at