Book Review: Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov
Time Shelter joined the depths of my Goodreads list a long time ago. When I finally picked it up at the library, I was expecting some kind of nearly The Littles -esque character searching the globe for various artifacts and buttons. Instead, I witnessed the spiral of an inventor, the blending of reality, and the ethics of hospice. The most interesting thing about this novel is how real it became. At first, it seemed almost magical. I genuinely questioned whether actual time travel was taking place rather than a simple illusion. Surely it was impossible to recreate the past so perfectly - to emulate it so clearly that people believed? I found it nearly unbelievable that an entire nation could be compelled to believe a reality constructed for the comfort of the geriatric, let alone a whole continent! But people did believe, when at first they had only meant to pretend. It is much the same as when we fall asleep. In order to put ourselves to bed, we pretend to be sleeping alrea...
