Indrishe
When Captain Benoît, a successful man with an exciting past, decides to invite several of his high school classmates to his estate, he has no idea that his sentimental idea—for his old friends to make fig jam together—will take an unexpected turn...
Indrishe is a painfully honest book about the voids we all carry within ourselves and our desperate desire to fill them or at least mask them from the world; a story about our attempts to preserve everything important in the "jar" of our lives and the obstacles we inevitably encounter along the way. The novel is both a precious treasure chest and Pandora's box—between its covers it harbors much love, but also the basest passions; a gallery of shattered dreams, but also a hymn to hope; the essence of friendship, but also the weight of betrayal.
An exciting story, told polyphonically by eleven voices, in which each character sounds authentic and shakes us with their personal fate – an indivisible piece of that puzzle we are constantly putting together in our search for meaning.
Katerina Hapsali
Katerina Hapsali graduated in economics and Spanish in the United States, then returned to Bulgaria. Since 2000 she has worked actively as a journalist, though she prefers the broader definition "a person of words" and it is hardly a coincidence that she's been preparing for her doctorate in philosophy now. Among her favorite media projects over the years are the radio show "Talk to her" (Darik Radio), and the magazine headings "Lie Detector" and "Women with History" (TEMA magazine). She is the first editor of "Harper's BAZAAR" magazine in Bulgaria. "Greek Coffee" is her first novel.
In March 2015, Greek coffee was nominated for "Helicon" 2015. This is the only Bulgarian award for high acchievements in all genres of fiction.
In May 2015, the novel was awarded second prize in the „Prose“ category of the 43rd edition of the Literature Days "Southern Spring" in Haskovo, Bulgaria, a traditional competition for debut books of all genres.
In June 2015, Greek coffee was nominated for the National Literature Prize "Elias Canetti" of Rousse Municipality, Bulgaria.