VOL. 60, BOOK 1, PART B, 2022, pp. 83 – 91 Full text (Bg)
Author: Aleksandra Aleksandrova
Affiliation: St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia
Abstract
The current research talks about the limits of humanity in preapocalyptic totalitarian reality and sanity as a counterpoint to norm, as represented in three unofficial novels, written by Boris Hristov and Bohumil Hrabal during the Communism in Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia. “Too Loud a Solitude” by Hrabal,
and “Livor mortis” and “The Blind Dog” by Hristov depict outsiders and marginals who destabilize the socialist vision of normality. The novels expose the problems of freedom, sanity, death, social unification and annihilation of individuality.
Key words: Boris Hristov, Bohumil Hrabal, Unofficial Literature, Marginal, Humanity
