Book Review

In Gospodinov’s Garden of Grief: A Review on Death and the Gardener

Volume: 6 Number: 11 June 24, 2026
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In Gospodinov’s Garden of Grief: A Review on Death and the Gardener

Abstract

This paper is a review on Georgi Gospodinov’s Death and the Gardener. The paper presents a structural and thematic review of Gospodinov’s autobiographical narrative of grief that is built on the image of garden. While the main discussion of the paper revolves around the subjects of childhood, memory, and grieving, the paper also briefly analyses the structure of grief devised and represented by Gospodinov.

Keywords

References

  1. Barthes, Roland. Mourning Diary. Translated by Richard Howard, Adobe Digital Editions version, Hill and Wang, 2010.
  2. Glück, Louis. Meadowlands. Carcanet, 1998.
  3. Gospodinov, Georgi. Death and the Gardener. Translated by Angela Rodel, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2025. Hemer, Susan R. “Dying, Grieving and Forgetting.” Tracing the Melanesian Person: Emotions and Relationships in Lihir, University of Adelaide Press, 2013.
  4. Wordsworth, William. “My Heart Leaps Up.” The Norton Anthology of Poetry, edited by Margaret Ferguson et al., 5th ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2005, p. 796.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

European Language, Literature and Culture

Journal Section

Book Review

Publication Date

June 24, 2026

Submission Date

April 27, 2026

Acceptance Date

May 11, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 6 Number: 11

APA
Ceylan, M. M. (2026). In Gospodinov’s Garden of Grief: A Review on Death and the Gardener. Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 6(11), 175-178. https://izlik.org/JA33BW26JX
AMA
1.Ceylan MM. In Gospodinov’s Garden of Grief: A Review on Death and the Gardener. Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 2026;6(11):175-178. https://izlik.org/JA33BW26JX
Chicago
Ceylan, M. Mirac. 2026. “In Gospodinov’s Garden of Grief: A Review on Death and the Gardener”. Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 6 (11): 175-78. https://izlik.org/JA33BW26JX.
EndNote
Ceylan MM (June 1, 2026) In Gospodinov’s Garden of Grief: A Review on Death and the Gardener. Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 6 11 175–178.
IEEE
[1]M. M. Ceylan, “In Gospodinov’s Garden of Grief: A Review on Death and the Gardener”, Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 175–178, June 2026, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA33BW26JX
ISNAD
Ceylan, M. Mirac. “In Gospodinov’s Garden of Grief: A Review on Death and the Gardener”. Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 6/11 (June 1, 2026): 175-178. https://izlik.org/JA33BW26JX.
JAMA
1.Ceylan MM. In Gospodinov’s Garden of Grief: A Review on Death and the Gardener. Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 2026;6:175–178.
MLA
Ceylan, M. Mirac. “In Gospodinov’s Garden of Grief: A Review on Death and the Gardener”. Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 11, June 2026, pp. 175-8, https://izlik.org/JA33BW26JX.
Vancouver
1.M. Mirac Ceylan. In Gospodinov’s Garden of Grief: A Review on Death and the Gardener. Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi [Internet]. 2026 Jun. 1;6(11):175-8. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA33BW26JX

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