THE NOVEL "EAGLE BRIDGE”BY THE WRITER VLADIMIR ZAREV WAS PRESENTED IN "SAVA DOBROPLODNI" REGIONAL LIBRARY- SLIVEN WITHIN THE NATIONAL LITERARY TOUR OF "HERMES" PUBLISHING HOUSE

The last novel of the writer Vladimir Zarev "Eagle Bridge" was presented in "Sava Dobroplodni" Regional Library on November 18th /Friday/, 2016. The event was part of the program of the National literary tour of "Hermes" publishing house in Sliven dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the publishing house.

On the occasion of the anniversary "Hermes" publishing donated books by Bulgarian authors value 25 000 levs to the libraries at the community centers in five Bulgarian regions /Veliko Tarnovo, Ruse, Blagoevgrad, Sliven and Plovdiv/ and also in each of the selected cities the publisher presented one writer.

At a ceremony in "Sava Dobroplodni" regional library in Sliven,  the manager of "Hermes" publishing house - Stoyo Vartolomeev, donated 600 books by eminent Bulgarian authors as Georgi Bozhinov, Georgi Mishev, Marko Ganchev, Ivan Teofilov, Nedialko Slavov, Emil Andreev, Dimo ​​Raikov et al., issued by the publisher, totaling 6,000 levs to 25 libraries at the community centers in the region. "Sava Dobroplodni" Regional library also received a special book donation from the publishing house. The director of the regional library, Dr. Rositsa Petrova-Vasileva thanked for the donation and noted the merits of Stoyo Vartolomeev for the conduct of all editions of the National Children's Book Festival, as well as his support for the opening of the new children's department of the library in 2009.

Special guest of the ceremony was the writer Vladimir Zarev who signed autographs of his latest novel "Eagle Bridge" issued by "Hermes" Publishing House. The event was attended by Mrs. Pepa Chilikova – a deputy mayor "Humanitarian activities" of Sliven Municipality.

As part of the program of the visit of "Hermes" publishing house in "Sava Dobroplodni" regional library in Sliven there was a booth selling the books of Hermes publishing organized.

At 5: 00 pm as part of the Friday literary reading, the novel by Vladimir Zarev "Eagle Bridge" was presented the library.

The novel reflects the events of 2013, related to the protests on the Eagle Bridge. The fury of protesters is in the center of the narrative and also the hope that the political class can be swept, that the same will happen with monopolies, and oligarchs... On this background Vladimir Zarev tells the story of an astonishing and impossible love. The main characters, Pavel and Yulia are among the leaders of the protesters. Each has his own past, his fears, sins and dreams. Gradually, they go a way towards each other. Their love is frantic and gentle and injuring.

The meeting was opened with an excerpt from the novel, reflecting most vividly the protests, read by the actor Ivaylo Abadzhimarinov. A brief literary information about Vladimir Zarev qas presented too, complemented by the manager of "Hermes" publishing house -Stoyo Vartolomeev.

There were many questions about the novel which the fans asked the writer. According to Zarev novel is not political, but rather a romantic one. He told how he originated the idea for his book - as he witnessed the protests personally, he knew most of the protesters and the ideas that united them so he set the goal to present them fairly in the novel. But the events described are only the background of a beautiful and romantic love story.

Some of the questions were related to the processes in the recent history of Bulgaria that have found a place in writer’s books: the murky time of transition; the mechanisms by which the work of several generations of Bulgarians was robbed, humiliated and undone; the lack of justice; the greed of the political class and the ever-increasing gap between it and ordinary Bulgarians, etc. The writer answered to questions also about the epic family saga "Genesis", "Exodus" and "Law" as well as the novels "Year 1850" and "Priest Bogomil and the Perfection of Fear".

At the end of the almost two hours lasting meeting Vladimir Zarev signed autographs for his many fans.