my virtual hobby … on things that impress me
Victoria Beshliiska is a young Bulgarian author. Her novel “Heart” takes you back in 10th century Bulgaria. Beautifully written, a book about love, patience, surrender and acceptance.
“Human’s will is in the mistakes, God’s will is in the enlightenment from them.”
Habiter le monde … Christian Bobin
“It is only a matter of inhabiting the world in a human way. Because to say that we inhabit the world poetically or that we inhabit the world humanly are ultimately the same thing.”
Irvin Yalom’s “Lying on the Couch”, was another of his intriguing books I read fully absorbed with the thoughts and feelings of all the characters. The amazing thing about this book for me were the numerous linguistic elements intricately chosen, starting from the title and the play on words of “lie” and “lay” in the similar sounding of “lying”; the name of the main protagonist Earnest, who aims at being earnest with his patients, the amazing cross-references between all… For anyone genuinely interested in psychology – it is a very entertaining read from which one can learn a lot. Previous book by Yalom I have liked >>>
The Island of Missing Trees – another moving, beautifully written and delicately constructed book of love, division, transcendence and history by Elif Shafak. A multi-layered story with a dual time line narrative reflecting the history of Cyprus in the 1970’s between Greeks and Turks.
There are several theories on the etymology of the name Boyana and all somehow refer to the elements of ‘strong’ and ‘noble’. I could not agree more, as having known Boyana Nikolova for over 10 years now, she has always surprised me with her strength, versatile skills and interests. And last but not least – her always smiling and sunny personality.
Once you start reading her debut novel “Survival’ (in Bulgarian “Oцеляване“) you cannot stop until you get to the end – words intricately intertwined, plot – engaging and making you analyze, think and re-think. Past, preset and future – all so engagingly blended. I wish her next books get published soon.
Boyana Nikolova “Survival”
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