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The world in the 60s Sexual Revolution Hippie movement The Rolling stones The Beatles Back into 60s

The Rolling stones Back into 60s

Hippie movement Back into 60s

Sexual Revolution Back into 60s

IN BULGARIA ─ 1960sbut1960sX While out there, in the West, they are listening to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones Forbidden

but1960s IN BULGARIA and the hippie movement is at its height Forbidden X

1960s but IN BULGARIA Forbidden

It was the period of IN BULGARIA 1960s communism !!!

Pupils in Bulgaria are obliged to be single to wear full-dress uniforms sing military songs Totalitarian BULGARIA

But for how long? how long?

A group of pupils from an English language school believe they have to live differently. a book about Young generation protest Book of the term

They are seeking for ways to shake off everything phony, to be candid with each other, to be part of a wider, much more interesting world. a book about Young generation protest Book of the term

The school order provokes a protest of the students due to the narrow-minded teachers. a book about Young generation protest Book of the term

No matter what they tell us No matter what they do No matter what they teach us What we believe is true Book of the term a book about Young generation protest:

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Vchera (1988) Yesterday (English title) written by VLADO DAVEROV Book of the term published in 1988

VLADO DAVEROV VLADO DAVEROV was born in 1948 in the city of Pleven. He is an author of several short stories collections and the novels "Yesterday", "Kennedy", "Excited and Wild", "The Life of the others". He’s also an author of the scripts of several Bulgarian feature films. Most of his works are translated in all European languages.

Characters Vchera / Yesterday  Ivan  Rostislav  Dana  Marina

Setting The setting is in an elite Bulgarian English language school

The plot and its conflict It's a also a hard story about one impossible love with the classic love triangle A story of genuine loyalty, nobility and devotion. not all the puns and absurdities in the plot may be easily understandable to people who have not lived behind the Iron Curtain The plot confronts the mentality of the two generations: & the teachers who fight the aspirations of their students for more liberty Being a young rebel of the late sixties NB !!! The book is not about politics, it is about the change of generations and the change of values in general

Foreshadowing Shown are a group of young people coming of age, struggling with the realities and paradoxes of their future adult life in Bulgarian communism society. Shown is the ferocious competition within the top classes in Bulgarian society, which was otherwise supposed to be class-free. Shown is also the inequality in a society where everyone was supposed to be equal. Shown is the impending sexual revolution in a country that was often hypocritical about sexual issues. Foreshadowing Some of characters: will pay a high price (costs the life of one of the characters, Rostislav) other will experience cruel worldly lessons but they at least made their best to save face

To be continued …

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After 21 years

VLADO DAVEROV

Prime Time the follow-up to1988 mega-seller, Vchera / Yesterday Everyone has its Yesterday First love First disappointment First friends First betrayal The first meeting with death and the first steps on the mysterious Then comes maturity published in 2009

What happened with the characters from the novel: Vchera / Yesterday There is no present without a past! The question is how to live our present Bulgarian pupils will inform us after reading: Prime time

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