“Войната на буквите” / “The war of the letters”
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Autor:
Ludmila Filipova
Country:
Bulgaria (BG)
Book Theme:
Contemporary writers of your country
Publisher:
Enthusiast
Publishing Year:
2014
Luudmila is one of Bulgaria’s most popular contemporary authors. She is the author of the best-seller novels, which have become nationwide bestsellers and have been translated into several languages. In December 2011, Ludmila Filipova was named Woman of the Year in the category Culture and Art. With her novels, Ludmila Filipova was nominated for the European literary contest Prix du Livre Europeen 2008.
Ludmila was born on Easter. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Sofia Economic University with high honors and from the City University with an MBA in general management. Ludmila specialized in Creative writing (fiction) at Oxford University in 2009. Ludmila works as a TV presenter at the national bTV. She is also a columnist for the most popular Bulgarian newspaper 24 Hours.
National Award for Children’s and Young People’s
Abstract
This is a novel based on the newest historical findings about the creation of the Cyrillic script – the third major alphabet in the World. The story is both previously unexplored and culturally significant, a moving chronicle of a people defending its written heritage in a time when every deviation from the accepted Latin, Greek or Hebrew scripts was punishable by death. The year is 927. In a dark dungeon lives a malformed pagan, an educated exile who will tell this story. A story about the calling that a few lucky men can discover. About the choice between love and the fate to fulfill your duties. About a sacred secret that is kept in the heart of a great nation. A story about the sacraments of the Cyrillic alphabet and its hidden strength. The story begins with the youngest son of the great Bulgarian Tsar Simeon – Bayan – who studies at the Magnaura School. Forced to suffer the ridicules and the arrogance of the Byzantine aristocrats, he proudly holds the title Bulgarian prince and lives for the stolen moments in Maria’s presence. The granddaughter of the emperor Lakapin is secretly in love with the young Bulgarian. She knows that this is an impossible love – sooner or later her life will be exchanged for peace. She loves him despite everything. Until the day when the blade of the emperor slashes an immense stone statue. In a split second their world falls apart. On the same day Tsar Simeon dies and his son Peter ascends the throne. Weak willed, dedicated to books and thoughts about God, he has no will to prevent the ambitions of his mother, who offers to Roman Lakapin an agreement for peace, in which Maria is the stake. But nothing can stop Bayan from defending his love. And the fight for it will lead him to discover an astonishing secret, which can create wonders. The secret of the letters. A legend about the blood that flows through our veins. About the battle and the will of a nation that is ready to be itself, to be strong, to be the Bulgarian nation.
