Magdalena Kostova-Panayotova
Sofia University
https://doi.org/10.53656/bel2024-4-1
Abstract. The report examines Victor Paskov‘s novel as a phenomenon that is part of his memorable and vivid prose of suffering and rejection of a dehumanized world in which guilds and mediocrity are leading. The reluctance of the creator, the impossibility and reluctance to adapt to an inhuman reality are also the focus of other works of the writer, but here the assumption that the things that have meaning, which should elevate us, bring ridicule and isolation to the creator, draw the uncomfortable contours of a reality where compassion and love are rather the exception. Yet the strength of this novel is in its message about creativity as a counterpoint and the meaning of creation.
Keywords: Bulgarian novel; cultural messages; creativity, literature from the end of the 20th century
