Nine Rabbits - Softcover

'Food and the pleasure of eating are prominent motifs within '9 Rabbits'. The text is littered with recipes. Delightfully, all twenty-nine characters as Zaharieva deems them appear in an accompanying second volume, free with each copy of the book. A charming idea, the recipes open a palpable dialogue between the author and reader, inviting everyone to try (the Eggs á la Arménien and Arse-End Potatoes are personal favourites).' (Richard W Jackson, Book Hugger) --Richard W Jackson, Book Hugger

'Zaharieva packs several genres into one, including but not limited to pastoral idyll, sexual coming-of-age story, and feminist memoir. Ultimately, she presents life in all its messiness and possibility, vivid enough for the reader to almost taste.' (Publishers Weekly) --http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-936787-13-5

'Nine Rabbits is a heady mixture of genres and styles which transcends the purely literary and approaches a new form of expression. Traditional European writing, in comparison with this thoroughly Balkan work, appears more than a little tired and derivative.' (BookOxygen) --Bookoxygen

This title tells two stories: that of a six-year-old girl, and of her grown-up self. Manda grows up on the Black Sea coast during the height of socialism in the 1960s, raised by her tyrannical grandmother. While 'Grandma Nikula' wages open and covert wars with life, Manda lives out the adventures of her childhood.