num_pages: 110
description: Albena Stambolovas idiosyncratic debut novel Everything Happens as It Does builds from the idea that as the title suggests everything happens exactly the way it must. In this case the seven characters of the novelfrom Boris a young boy who is only at peace when hes around bees to Philip and Maria and their twinseach play a specific role in the lives of the others binding them all together into a strange yet logical knot. As characters are picked up explored and then swept aside the novels beguiling structure becomes apparent forcing the reader to pay attention to the patterns created by this accumulation of events and relationships. This is not a novel of reaching moral high ground; this is not a book about resolving relationships; this is a story whose mysteries are mysteries for a reason.Written with a precise succinct tone that calls to mind Camuss The Stranger Everything Happens as It Does is a captivating and detail-driven novel that explores how depth will never be as immediately accessible as superficiality and how everything will run its course in the precise manner it was always meant to.
language: English
title: Everything Happens as It Does
publisher: Open Letter Books