/ world right now information/ On the event of “My loopy century. A novel from items of life” by Liliana Stefanova
The brand new e book by the poet Liliana Stefanova jogs my memory of one other exceptional e book known as “The World of Yesterday”. Its writer is the nice Austrian author of the primary half of the twentieth century, Stefan Zweig. In it, he restores and recreates his life, that of his era, that of his individuals, and that of all of Europe, from the start of the twentieth century till the start of the Second World Struggle. With none exaggeration, I put Zweig’s masterpiece subsequent to Liliana Stefanova’s “novel from items of life”, entitled “My Loopy Century”, due to the similarities within the approaches of the 2 writers to the tragic occasions of the previous century, due to the human angle in the direction of all the things that has occurred in historical past and which is the lifetime of tens of millions of individuals. Exactly as a result of it’s the lifetime of so many individuals, the previous shouldn’t be forgotten and coated with legends and mysteries, exaggerated or belittled. And since “my loopy century” begins the place “The World of Yesterday” ends. We should continually return to our widespread previous, look every time with new eyes and with new private and social expertise, search for logic, purpose, experiences in it with a view to recognize the heritage that has left us and which it’s our life right now.
“My Loopy Century” restores exactly “the world of yesterday”. A world nonetheless alive for a lot of, expensive, controversial, comfortable or tragic, however actual and wealthy, actual and needed for right now, which comes from it, however already belongs to a different time and one other actuality. It spans virtually 70 years and is inhabited by the best Bulgarian poets, storytellers, actors, administrators, musicians, cultural and creative figures, politicians, and in addition nice representatives of Russian, French, English, American, Indian and lots of different literatures , with whom Liliana Stefanova communicated personally, was their good friend and collaborator within the noble work of unifying writers and preserving tradition. It doesn’t embrace them in a protracted chain of occasions, phenomena, dialogues, experiences and all the things in opposition to the background of Bulgarian and world historical past, of the processes that happened within the second half of the 20th century and the primary 20 years of the present one; she turned them into the plot of a captivating socio-political, epic and even love novel with many storylines. This novel will also be outlined as journey, since it’s crammed with actual adventures, though they’re of a distinct nature and are primarily checks of literary expertise, human relationships, understanding between individuals, of the social system, the conscience of the author and his consciousness of the creator’s duty within the confrontation between the 2 techniques and usually for the existence of humanity (and in him additionally of Bulgaria!). “My Loopy Century” offers with political relations and with the issues of social order, energy and its significance each for the entire society, however above all with the person individual included within the nice historical past and charged with the large duty of making it, testifying to it and depicts and remembers it.
The novel is constructed from “items of life”, i.e. from particular occasions that occurred within the biography of the narrator (the precise identify of the narrator shouldn’t be so necessary right here, however the typological credibility and significance of the person within the context of the entire), that are episodes from our nationwide historical past and from the historical past of Bulgarian literature and its relationships with different literatures and cultures. This one private life is completely within the lifetime of the nation and society, types it in a direct or oblique method, but additionally appears for regularities in it. He wants them, as a result of he proceeds with the consciousness of his accountable mission, the solutions to the continually arising then, but additionally right now, questions concerning the which means of efforts and sacrifices, of concepts and targets, to which man strives.
However what will we nonetheless see within the incidents and tales that Liliana Stefanova presents to us in her novel and for which it was really written?
To begin with, how a poet is shaped at an early age, how the atmosphere by which he lives impacts his literary character and the selection of the route of improvement, what books he reads, who’re his first mates, the place and what he research, who’re the academics his in literature and what classes he realized from them. I’m talking dryly, however behind my phrases is a complete period by which writers lived another way; then literature had one other worth, one other place in life, one other perform in society. It’s superb how already within the first yr or two after the revolutionary political adjustments, a poor and backward nation realizes the perform and significance of the author and literature and chooses probably the most proficient among the many younger (amongst whom is Liliana Stefanova) to ship them to review in Moscow and with the best masters of the phrase. And never solely of speech, but additionally of theatrical artwork, portray, structure, precise sciences… She doesn’t depart them to search out their very own method, doesn’t throw them into the predatory clutches of the “market”, however creates situations for them to stroll this path method sooner and sooner and earlier to create the excessive aesthetic fashions, to construct the brand new Bulgarian tradition.
It’s much more spectacular how later, because of the care of the state, a author who had already been established took half within the literary life, how he already created situations for different writers, how he popularized Bulgarian tradition and literature on the earth, how he attracted the large names of world poetry and prose to attract consideration to little Bulgaria and make it recognized to all corners of the earth; the way it resists the trials and vicissitudes of time, how it’s generally compelled to make compromises, but additionally the way it all the time finds the power to defend its rules and protect the attractive world of literature regardless of the encroachments on it by stronger and ruthless individuals. Liliana Stefanova recreates such “items of life” in her novel to not spotlight herself and the vicissitudes she goes by means of as a poet and public determine, or to lament and justify one or one other failure, however to indicate by means of them an thought of time and the individual, for the literature and tradition to which her life and that of her era was subordinated. And the lifetime of the Bulgarian nation. The novel “My Loopy Century” is devoted to the position of the true creator, involved concerning the individuals, the fatherland and artwork. Such a story can’t however be breathless, however cheerful, full of sunshine and pleasure; it’s unattainable to not see an uplift, purposeful motion, confidence that one thing necessary and needed – even nice – is being performed.
However the heroine of the novel doesn’t solely reside a “social” and “literary” life – she can be in on a regular basis life, in her personal experiences, issues, hopes, loves, household; she suffers, will get sick, loses family members, grows previous, splits and doubts, torments herself and collects her private happiness piece by piece – however she by no means manages to gather and protect it. The descriptions of those states of the heroine are very vivid and genuine, emotional and in locations even femininely sentimental. We see how the agency, purposeful and chronic lady simply succumbs to the sensation, how painfully she perceives failure and the way troublesome it’s to rearrange her private life. Is it solely together with her that that is the case: in society you might be acknowledged, you might be revered, you might be honored by your energy, obtained by the facility of your talents, you lead individuals after you they usually comply with you as a result of they belief you; they greet you with a standing ovation and hearken to you with nice consideration so they do not miss a phrase of what you say, however you go residence and all of a sudden you are on their own, helpless and ineffective. Who to be indignant with, who to ask for an evidence, who to scold, who to hearken to you! You can’t be the identical in every single place and overcome all obstacles with the identical power. That is additionally the face of the heroine in “My Loopy Century”!
Dramatically, however realistically and with out exaggeration, the time after the adjustments on the finish of the 80s can be recreated. The flip brings new trials not just for the heroine of the novel, but additionally for the whole nation and particularly for literature and tradition. A change of eras is going down, which overturns concepts, standards, views, norms and methods of life. A dividing line was drawn, earlier than which many froze in amazement, unaccustomed to such opposition and enmity.
The nice success of Liliana Stefanova is within the building of brilliant creative photos. Her actual personages are very vividly and precisely drawn; every of them is full-blooded, actual, influential, with its personal character, mind-set, behaving and talking, with its personal place and beliefs. On the similar time, the writer managed to indicate them as typical of the time. The reader will see by means of the eyes of Liliana Stefanova Todor Zhivkov and Lyudmila Zhivkova, Raisa Gorbachova, Georgi Karaslavov, Hristo Radevski, Georgi Jagarov, Tsola Dragoycheva and Stella Blagoeva, Slavcho Vasev and Lyubomir Levchev, Yordan Radichkov, Stefan Prodev; Rasul Gamzatov, Pavel Antokolsky, Vladimir Solokhin, Vladimir Sokolov, Yulia Drunina. And what number of extra nice and distinctive Bulgarian and international writers, politicians, cultural figures. What greatness of the previous time, what love for artwork and man! That is precisely what “My Loopy Century” does, the plot of which is predicated on the non-public lifetime of the writer, in an impactful and important novel, in a vivid murals about historic occasions and personalities. Private life has develop into public historical past, and the historical past of the individuals and society has been embodied within the future and expertise of the person. Time is preserved but additionally made sense of with the technique of the novel style and thus has acquired new dimensions.
That’s the reason I think about Liliana Stefanova’s “My Loopy Century” to be a major literary testimony with monumental creative energy, a brilliant truth in right now’s Bulgarian romance.
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