Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

Time Shelter by Georgi GospodinovIn Time Shelter, an enigmatic flneur named Gaustine opens a 'clinic for the past' that offers a promising treatment for Alzheimer's sufferers: each floor reproduces a decade in minute detail, transporting patients back in time. As Gaustine's assistant, the unnamed narrator is tasked with collecting the flotsam and jetsam of the past, from 1960s furniture and 1940s shirt buttons to scents and even afternoon light. But as the rooms become more

'Au's prose is elegant and measured

through the work of the early anthropologists

my mothers and my fathers

and how they shape us

from prehistory to the present day

Each poem is a gift and it has been put together with so much care

Lancelot is back as well

or for hiking adventures over spring afternoons and summer nights

as well practitioners and academics

where she sells custom dolls as well as crochet doll patterns and teaches others how to create their own through online and live workshops

to make Australia their home

compassionately drawn characters has earnt him a reputation as the grand master of Australian crime writing