Rene Karabash’s novel She Who Remains, originally published in Bulgarian in 2018 as Ostaynitsa, follows Bekija, a young woman in the Albanian mountains who becomes a “sworn virgin” to avoid an arranged marriage, triggering a blood feud that leads to family disintegration. The novel has been translated into more than 12 languages and short-listed for the International Booker Prize 2026.
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