The Mire

by Krassin Krastev

Translated from the original Bulgarian by Nedyalka Chakalova

The Mire (1991, 2005) is a novel that is a dissection of a cruel and ugly period: the time of the so-called socialist society, which people living in the eastern part of the world will long remember for its profound and total lack of moral values.
The Mire is a shattering real story that took place in a world governed by a senseless and evil ideology depriving man of his right to free choice.

(From Publisher).

Krassin Krastev was born in the bown of Sliven, Bulgaria, in 1950. He has a degree in Law from the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia. He has worked as chief legal adviser of the Bulgarian Television and Radio, Director of the Publishing House of the Bulgarian National Television and free-lance attorney. Since 2003, he is owner and manager of the oldest publishing house in Bulgaria: Hristo Botev.
Author of the novelette Quicksand (1986) which has undergone four editions and has been translated into Russian and Portuguese. In 2006, Quicksand received the prestigious Bulgarian award for literature named after the famous Bulgarian writer Nikolay Haytov.

This is a shattering real story that took place in a world governed by a senseless and evil ideology depriving man of his right to free choice.