Georgi Gospodinov is not only Bulgaria's most interesting lyricist, but he is also the most important literary voice of his country thanks to his numerous translations. This first German selection volume brings together selected poems from the lyric collections published so far, from his award-winning debut collection "Lapidarium" (1992) to his most recent cycle "The Sundays of the World" (2007), along with previously unpublished texts. Readers of "The Natural Novel" will recognize several themes and motifs: there are numerous flies, there is the conflict-ridden field of marital fidelity, but above all, Georgi Gospodinov's lyrical universe focuses on the creatureliness of our existence, "I want to begin with the body / with the divine mood of our diversity," and consequently also on its transience. The celebration of life.