"It leaves behind a shifted sense of the poignantly fleeting drama of an individual life so small, yet so unwieldy, and so inexorably tied up with everything it encounters as it passes."Helen Stuhr-Rommereim, "Full-Stop"
""Everything Happens as It Does" is a novel which operates under the maxim: The world allows descriptions. And resists thought. We should remember that in this world of happenings, we are part of that happening; we occur alongside every other occurrence; and our value and significance only comes out of these happy moments . . ."Jacob Glover, "Numero Cinq"

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"It leaves behind a shifted sense of the poignantly fleeting drama of an individual life -- so small, yet so unwieldy, and so inexorably tied up with everything it encounters as it passes."--Helen Stuhr-Rommereim, Full-Stop

"It leaves behind a shifted sense of the poignantly fleeting drama of an individual life --so small, yet so unwieldy, and so inexorably tied up with everything it encounters as it passes."--Helen Stuhr-Rommereim, Full-Stop

"Everything Happens as It Does is a novel which operates under the maxim: 'The world allows descriptions. And resists thought.' We should remember that in this world of happenings, we are part of that happening; we occur alongside every other occurrence; and our value and significance only comes out of these happy moments . . ."--Jacob Glover, Numero Cinq

"Stambolova's novel is based on the notion that human existence cannot but move toward an inexorable and irrational order: Everything happens the way it has to happen, because this is the way it happens. The characters in Everything Happens as It Does are created on this exact principle."--Milena Kirova

Albena Stambolova is the author of three novels. She has also published a collection of short stories and a psychoanalytical study on Marguerite Duras. She currently lives in Bulgaria, where she works as a psychological and organizational consultant, and is working on a book about fairy tales.

Olga Nikolova completed her PhD at Harvard University, with a dissertation on modern poetry, graphic design, and academic writing. She's been translating the works of Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein in to Bulgarian.

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