The Water of Aquarius

Abstract

A sample of Tzvetan Stoyanov’s late philosophical and essayistic prose, confessionally directed towards nature, alienation, madness and old age, even though the author had barely turned 39. At the center of this philosophical essay is the concept of peace, key to Tzvetan Stoyanov’s mindset (cf. his story “Peace Over Your Home” (1967), where the title is a quote from a poem by Nikolay Liliev). The text dates from 1969 and is incomplete, despite the existence of numerous manuscript versions. Typescript from Tzvetan Todorov’s private archive kept by © Toni Nikolov. Published for the first time.