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In Stork Mountain, a young Bulgarian immigrant returns to the country of his birth in search of his grandfather, who suddenly and unexpectedly cut off all contact with the family three years ago.

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In Stork Mountain, a young Bulgarian immigrant returns to the country of his birth in search of his grandfather, who suddenly and unexpectedly cut off all contact with the family three years ago. The trail leads him to a village on the border with Turkey, a stone's throw away from Greece, high up in the Strandja Mountains—a place of pagan mysteries and black storks nesting in giant oaks; a place where every spring, possessed by Christian saints, men and women dance barefoot across live coals in search of rebirth. Here in the mountains, he gets drawn by his grandfather into a maze of half-truths. And here, he falls in love with an unobtainable Muslim girl. Old ghosts come back to life and forgotten conflicts blaze anew until the past surrenders its shameful secrets.

"This book is rich, enmeshing the personal with the political and historical, told in strange and vertiginous language that seems fitting for a tale of such passion." ---Publishers Weekly Starred Review

"The author uses gentle humor to soften the vast differences among various factions...all while writing a love song to his native land." ---Library Journal

"An earnest and somber tale of rural life that gets tangled in its metaphorical brush." ---Kirkus

"Kirby Heyborne narrates [Miroslav Penkov's] journey with a feeling for its meaning and purpose." ---AudioFile
Publishers Weekly Review

Stork Mountain

Author Miroslav Penkov

Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

Publication date Mar 15, 2016

Running time 13 hrs

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