"We live in such a mess here, I don't need to have a message in my stories," says Martin Karbovsky. "They speak for themselves." Karbovsky is one of the most popular writers for Egoist, a provocative monthly magazine that chronicles the harsh realities of life for young Bulgarians. With exposés on sex, drug communes and military service stories that would have been unthinkable just five years ago Karbovsky has become a cult figure whose cool cynicism castigates the country's chronic social and economic disarray.
Egoist was started in 1996 as a hip lifestyle magazine aimed...
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