Come to Me

Come to Me details the experience of coming-of-age in 1990s Bulgaria, in the wake of the Soviet Bloc's collapse and the country's transition to parliamentary democracy.

Rusev's novel delves into the drinking, drugging, partying life of Bulgarian youth of the period, juxtaposing dramatic social and political changes with young Bulgarians' efforts to find distraction, escape, and even salvation in intoxication, frantic activity, love, and emigration.

Bogdan Rusev graduated from the University of Sofia in 1999 with a degree in English and American Studies. He is the author of three novels, two children’s books, and several story collections. He also has translated into Bulgarian the works of Charles Bukowski, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and China Mieville. He lives in the Bulgarian village of Rouen with his wife and son.

Ekaterina Petrova is a writer and translator. She holds an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa, where she was awarded an Iowa Arts Fellowship. She lives in Sofia, Bulgaria.