I WANT TO BE WITH YOU

About the Book

“On the bank of the Mesta river there is a place, where I’ve left my tribute to Bulgarian past. It isn’t neither the khans’ time nor the time of the rulers, who have multiplied the territories of the country. It’s survival time.

With my senses of a person from other worlds, I find that sensitiveness of the soul, which I’d recognize only by its traces. These are children.

If there are lost souls in the world, they will find each other – not to be lonely in their loneliness. And to take the real road, which will bring the freedom – for themselves and for all Bulgarians.

It’s time to teach our children how to walk this road.

I didn’t know the land of the people without homes, names, families. I learnt about them when I stayed on the bank of the Mesta river in an autumn – the villagers ‘were harvesting’ the remains of their children among the grasses, and the ploughed land wasn’t black but red. With blood. Then, for the first time, I learnt that it wasn’t the colour of victory but of death. I didn’t know it.

In an autumn like that, a lot of years later, the villagers harvested the fruit of their happiness - their children, who became linked by marriage to conceive children.

For me it means Bulgarians have survived. Again.” It is a book about the truths of slavery and fortitude. After being a part of the Ottoman Empire for 500 years Bulgarians restore unity to their country from the ashes of the bones and blood of many ruined generations.

And again they begin to set up their home with families and children – as ever….

About the Author

Mariana Zakova with his family live in Sofia – the capital of Bulgaria, Europe.

Mariana Zakova is coach leader and principal of the 137th Secondary School in Sofia . She works with its professional team for leadership style in education.

Mariana Zakova is MA in Bulgarian language and literature, but she has also specialized in the field of modern management - Organization and management in education – Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridsky”;Solving conflicts at school – University for peace and conflict solving - Granada, Spain; Trained in a program for coach leaders of Veleva-Bialec Coaching – Paris, France

Mariana Zakova’s interests are referred to her native land Bulgaria – unfamiliar or not well known. Beautiful, because it has everything – a sea- with hot summer and golden beaches; mountains – wonderful where to go skiing… not to forget! But this country also has got its history which has been stolen little by little – by someone or other – not to be known. The history of Bulgaria is the main topic of Mariana’s books – The Voltron’s Circle (2009), Led by Furies (2011) and The Trumps (2011). The last one unites three novels first of which is The Cries of Samodivas. The other two novels – The Singing Pigeons and I Want to Be with You will be translated into English in the near future. They all are united by a common topic – the past of the state Bulgaria, which you don’t know very well.

In the way a writer, known in their country, Mariana Zakova departing from the scope the exotic history. Her beautiful story travels not only across countries but also on the continent. The experienced writer begins to live and die with their characters in a breathless, dreamy and at the same time very naturalistic story about life just as it is really.

Thus was conceived the next novel AWORLD FOR TWO is not just about love , passion, obsession and friendship across borders . It has everything that lives today in Karachi, transcultural metropolis and the capital of Pakistan. One gets swayed by the " colorful, bright and sunny " Karachi world. Busiest streets , exotic charm and spirit of its inhabitants are all animated in-depth knowledge of the author of the Pakistani setting, culture and ideology. Locales are transformed into sensual and emotional symbols and therefore are so much more powerful. They are added to the nuanced details and pieces of dramatic sequence determination of compelling , bright and gentle tone of the novel. Once one has unraveled the mysteries of this fiction , one feels the same pangs of loneliness and alienation as the characters that are somehow related to this Eastern landscape. You must read, to look again next Mariana Zakova,s books