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Dante’s Antichthon

Dante’s Antichthon
Dante’s Antichthon
Dante’s Antichthon begins in Europe’s largest cave complex, the Grotte di Frassasi, where the lifeless body of a woman has been tossed ashore by the underground currents of the Sentino River. For centuries, legends have hinted that the Italian cave was the very place where Dante Alighieri set out for the underworld to find his deceased beloved, Beatrice.

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The Parchment Maze

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The Parchment Maze
The Parchment Maze is the forth novel of Ludmila Filipova. It is a historical novel in which each scene is based on actual historical fact and an extant artifact. The place and time of the events in the novel are actual. Some of the names of the participants have been changed. The Parchment Maze has many exits and it is up to the reader which one he/her will choose to use. Each chapter in the book is a new page from the lost final part of a secret mediaeval manuscript discovered in a library in Rome.

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Glass Butterflies

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Glass Butterflies
GLASS BUTTERFLIES (February 2008) is the third novel of Ludmila Filipova. It was already nominated for the second selection on the European literary contest “Prix du Livre Europeen 2008”. And it is the only foreign novel nominated for the American literary award “Hidden River 2009”. Moreover, the novel was nominated for the second selection on the Bulgarian literary contest “Novel of the year 2009”.

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Scarlet gold

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Scarlet gold
This story is based on real facts

The Facts behind the story: Thousands of liters of blood plasma not screened for disease have been shipped to European, American and Asian laboratories over the past 30 years. Turned into expensive blood products there, they are then sold around the world. Hundreds of trafficking channels take part in this trade. As of now, this black market blood has claimed more than two million victims all over the world. 

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Anatomy of Illusions

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Anatomy of Illusions
Anatomy of Illusions is the first novel written by the author Ludmila Filipova. It has become a bestseller in Bulgaria just for couple of mounts. The book is based on several authentic stories and real persons from the very new history of the country. In Anatomy of Illusions, it is used a lot of confidential documents, analysis, letters and reports from the time before 1989 and after that.

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The Parchment Maze

News and Events

Dante's Antichthon Premiere

The premiere of the newest novel of Ludmila Filipova - Dante's Antichthon was held on 17th of March in the popular Sofia club - Magnito.

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 Premiere

The newest novel of Ludmila Filipova Dante’s Antichthon will be at the book stores from 15th of March. The official book premiere will be held on 17th of March – club Magnito, NPC subway (former Multiplex cinema), starting time 7.30 pm

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The novel Glass butterflies will be published in Serbia and Turkey

In February 2010 the writer Ludmila Filipova has signed a contract with the Serbian publisher Аlnari. The publishing house bought the publishing rights of the novel Glass butterflies for the Serbian market.

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Annual Classification Helicon Bookstores – 2009

Bulgarian Literature - Fiction

Fiction

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About Ludmila

 Ludmila Filipova is the author of the novels Anatomy of Illusions (2006), Scarlet Gold (2007), Glass Butterflies (2008), The Parchment Maze (2009) and Dante’s Antichthon (2010), four of which have become nationwide bestsellers and have been translated into several languages. Three of her novels are currently being developed into feature films. 

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