“Бариерата” / The barrier
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Autor:
Pavel Vezhinov
Country:
Bulgaria (BG)
Book Theme:
From book to video
Publisher:
Ciela
Publishing Year:
2014
Fiction writer, screenwriter, publicist, journalist, social activist, Pavel Vezhinov is among the most popular modern Bulgarian authors to this day. Nikola Delchev Gugov works under this pseudonym, leaving behind some of the brightest and most distinguished works in the cultural fund of Bulgaria. Pavel Vezhinov published a number of crime novels and short stories in the 1950s and 1960s. He is the first Bulgarian writer of modern times, who directs his creative inspiration to fiction. His awards and honors testify to his enormous contribution to Bulgarian literature.
National Award for Children’s and Young People’s
Abstract
The story tells about Antony – a composer left by his wife. One evening, while walking around Sofia’s nightclubs, he meets Dorothea – a girl who has experienced severe internal trauma and is mentally unstable. Little by little, from a mere stranger, Dorothea turns into a friend and interlocutor and moves to live with him. One day she shares that she can fly. The next moment they are really flying. This disturbs Antony. Dorothea understands that it will be difficult for him to cross the “barrier” – the border between reality and dream, the ideal of harmony and happiness. He is shaken by what has happened and leaves for the countryside, where he hopes to sort out his thoughts. In his absence, she goes up to the terrace again. She was found dead in the morning…
