January 2010
I received a very positive review from Mr. Giuseppe Alaimo, Agrigento, Sicily for my long-written historical drama-fiction "Somewhere around us" and feel so glad:
"Dear Borislava,
I am very happy that you described the spiritual strife of different characters that are Sicilian of birth, but human in "Somewhere Around Us". What I can see and feel that you traced the lives of people that lived in a very contrasting region like Sicily. But the most important aspect is related to the struggles of the major characters such as Don Giovanni, Sofiana, Michelangelo. If you ask me about the "Sicilianity" of the same characters, I can say "yes" according "the sentiment to be Sicilian"; no from the moral and psycological point of you.
I believe that you are a master in describing human soul. From this point of view you have reached a high level of literature for sure. My best character, if you want to know is Sofiana. Her sorrows are so human, so real. It was so exciting point out the inner structure of the dialogues related to the major characters. I loved so much the development of the plot in relation to Mr. De Castellano. Even the humanity of Sofiana was very well developed till the end, it was so for Giovanni and Michelangelo.
I really hope that these words can give you more strenght to write other pieces of literature in order to give to people the glimpse that a work of literature can help us to be more human in life and less hypocrite. I found the description of different places in your work very real in relation with our locations even the cemetery's area. In the pages of the book seems, suddenly, that a strong power from outside of the scene, with a hidden camera was following and was making questions about the complicated destiny of mankind. Such a moral, in a positive sense,or spiritual power. I felt above all, the presence of humanity that can give us inner peace no matter what can happen to each of us".
Giuseppe Alaimo, Agrigento, Sicily