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Familienbrand
Vladimir Zarev, den nicht nur Dimitré Dinev als einen der wichtigsten Autoren in Bulgarien ansieht, erzählt im Roman "Familienbrand" die Familiengeschichte der Weltschevs. Petruniza, die Witwe des alten Assen Weltschev, lebt mit ihren fünf Kindern in Widin, einer verschlafenen Kleinstadt am Unterlauf der Donau. Zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts wird auch Widin in den Strom der Politik gerissen; in diesen unruhigen Zeiten suchen die Brüder Weltschev ihr Glück auf unterschiedliche Weise: Panto macht Karriere als Bankier, Ilija als Fabrikant und Ausbeuter. Christo, der sich für den Sozialismus begeistert, wird zum Helden wider Willen, und Jordan will eine Kirche bauen, einen Ort der Buße, doch es wird eine Raststätte, ein Ort der Muße für Sünder aller Art. Die Zukunft aber, die kann nur Jonka erkennen, die als Einzige in der Familie hellseherische Fähigkeiten hat. Ein großes Epos aus Bulgarien im 20. Jahrhundert.
784 pages, Hardcover
First published March 4, 2009
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Vladimir Zarev
12 books9 followersVladimir Zarev (born in Sofia in 1947) is a contemporary Bulgarian novelist.
He studied Bulgarian Philology at Sofia University and made his debut in 1972 with the short novel Riot of Emotions. To date Zarev has published 10 novels, several volumes of short stories, a poetry book, and two non-fiction books. Several of his works have been translated to Russian, German and English. Zarev achieved great literary acclaim through his novel Decay (first published in 2003, and translated to German in 2007) which describes the transformation of Bulgarian society during the county's political transition of the 1990s. Critics have praised the work as an important contribution to explaining the prevailing lawlessness and corruption in post-communist Bulgaria.
Zarev is the editor of the quarterly literary magazine Savremennik ('Contemporary'), which he preserved from closure during the 1990s.
He studied Bulgarian Philology at Sofia University and made his debut in 1972 with the short novel Riot of Emotions. To date Zarev has published 10 novels, several volumes of short stories, a poetry book, and two non-fiction books. Several of his works have been translated to Russian, German and English. Zarev achieved great literary acclaim through his novel Decay (first published in 2003, and translated to German in 2007) which describes the transformation of Bulgarian society during the county's political transition of the 1990s. Critics have praised the work as an important contribution to explaining the prevailing lawlessness and corruption in post-communist Bulgaria.
Zarev is the editor of the quarterly literary magazine Savremennik ('Contemporary'), which he preserved from closure during the 1990s.
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