Hello and welcome to the schedule for our next destination for Read the World - North Macedonia! We will be reading I'm Not Going Anywhere by Rumena Bužarovska.

Goodreads summary:

Razor-sharp social commentary, Jane Austen for contemporary feminists unafraid to confront a dark world.

In her latest translated volume of collected short fiction, Rumena Bužarovska delivers more of what established her as “one of the most interesting writers working in Europe today.” Already a bestseller across her native Macedonia, I’m Not Going Anywhere is an unsentimental and hyperrealist collection in which Macedonians leave their country of origin to escape bleakness—only to find, in other locales, new kinds of desolation in theses dark, biting, and utterly absorbing stories.

Marginalia

Discussion Schedule

12th June - Chapters 1-2 u/nicehotcupoftea

19th June - Chapters 3-5 u/bluebelle236

26th June - Chapters 6-7 u/fixtheblue

Hope to see you in the discussions on 12th June! 📚🌏

Welcome to the marginalia for I'm Not Going Anywhere by Rumena Bužarovska. This is a communal place for things you would jot down in the margins of your books. That might include quotes, thoughts, questions, relevant links, exclamations - basically anything you want to make note of or to share with others. It can be good to look back on these notes, and sometimes you just can't wait for the discussion posts to share a thought.

When adding something to the marginalia, simply comment here, indicating roughly which part of the book you're referring to (eg. towards the end of chapter 2). Because this may contain spoilers, please indicate this by writing “spoilers for chapters 5 and 6” for example, or else use the spoiler tag for this part with this format > ! SPOILER ! < without the spaces between characters like this spoiler lives here

Note: spoilers from other books should always be under spoiler tags unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Here is the schedule for the discussion which will be run by u/nicehotcupoftea, u/bluebelle236 and u/fixtheblue.

Any questions or constructive criticism are welcome.

Looking forward to seeing you in the first discussion on 12th June!