The book is a present for the participants in the 19th International Festival of Francophone School Theater (Varna, April 19-22, 2012). It is published with the support of the French Instititute of Bulgaria and La Poste Foundation.
View Book16 short stories in Bulgarian and 8 in French with one main character – Ivanka Ivanova, a contemporary woman.
20 short stories in Bulgarian with one main character – Ivanka Ivanova, a contemporary woman.
The summary in English called “instead of a summary” is the story “How Ivanka Ivanova spoke with a bird about her friends”.
22 short stories in Bulgarian with one main character – Ivanka Ivanova, a contemporary woman.
It is a cold December day. Deep in thought Ivanka Ivanova is walking down the street. She is thinking about New Year’s Eve. How to escape the everyday cares… An illustrated story that tells why we don’t need to try so hard to be happy.
Somewhere in our latitudes resides Ivanka Ivanova. One day she meets a stranger. As she is very chummy, she is quick to make contacts. A funny short story about the unexpected encounters in life; about how many surprises random communication could bring, if one can judge the person properly and … if one speaks other languages on top of one’s native language.
Elena Vladova is a Varna-based journalist and translator (French, English). She writes books for children and adults. A certified Montessori teacher, she organizes creative writing and foreign languages teaching workshops for children, alone and in collaboration with visual artists.