Yet again I was bored on a train, and because I seemingly never learn from my mistakes, I decided to embark on another Esperanto ebook. There were plenty of translations of English-language works I already knew well which I could have chosen, but I decided to be brave and opt for something which I’d never heard of. That something turned out to be “Nuntempaj Rakontoj”, a collection of short stories by a Bulgarian author called GP Stamatov. Happily, the collection starts with an explanatory note, informing readers is a famous Bulgarian author who specialises in stories with a satirical twist, and that these tales have been translated from the Bulgarian by Ivan Krestanoff. So, this time there is no room for confusion as to nationality (more…)