Dushica Labovich

Dushica Labovich

Dushica Labovich is a novelist, professor of philosophy, and psychotherapist. Her favorite genres are psychological, mystery, smart thrillers, and romance. She is a lover of metaphysics, art, and philosophy of ancient cultures. Her books have been translated into several languages.
She is a happy wife and a mother of two children. Details

Books

Books

Reviews

Reviews

ENSO,
GoodReads



'Enso' is a beautifully written book that tells the story of a blind woman, which you don't see in many books, who embarks on a journey to gain knowledge and restore her sight. When reading the book you get to explore the philosophy of humans. It's a fun read and gives inspiration to the reader and my interpretation of this story is that no matter what, you can find confidence within yourself and not be ashamed of a disability - own it instead. I would recommend 'Enso' to anyone who needs an inspirational or light read.
ENSO,
Amazon




Dushica's style is unique and poetic, and the story is beautiful and motivational. Helped me in a really difficult period.
ENSO,
Amazon



On the path of self-knowledge, it's difficult to cast off doubts. On the path of learning it's even more difficult‒ to understand ourselves. ENSO is a lesson of love to ward ourselves. It's a call for all of us to look within our own boundaries, to embrace our souls and to understand once more the world around them. It is a book to which we will, in order to improve our lives, always gladly return.
ENSO,
GoodReads



"Enso is a book about memories, a book of allegory, a book for thought. Popular, new, interesting. The acuteness of perception gives a 'timelessness' to events - the breath of ancient cultures of the East and modern West flows through the book. It can be recommended to a wide range of readers. A novel that will awaken your optimistic attitude toward the world and your own life."
Secret of a Bridge,
Amazon



A beautiful fairy tale about a young man who is getting to know himself and the world around him.
Pride and Intentions,
GoodReads



This is my first time reading this author, but I know it won't be my last. I started this book, expecting it to be a Pride and Prejudice retelling. It was so much more! It was beautifully written with elements of Pride and Prejudice, definitely, but it was also similar in theme to the Notebook. Pride and Intentions is such a bittersweet tale of love and hate and the thin line between the two, of true friendships and false friends, and of how parents can leave the most devastingly lasting consequences with their children.This story is such a tale, as told by Doris to her granddaughter. I loved it, but I had so much more that I wanted to know of Doris and her life with her family ---especially once she had found her one true love. I know that it is a very special book when I tell my husband about the book and he asks me what is happening in the book as I read. WARNING: Keep a box of tissue close by, though.
Pride and Intentions,
Amazon



This book is AMAZING! A heartwarming, and yet heartbreaking story about a young love shared between two wonderful people… I believe that Pride and intentions is one of those books that will be hailed as one of the greatest love stories ever told. I recommend it to anyone who likes a good romantic story like «The Notebook», «Pride Prejudice» or «North and South».
Pride and Intentions,
Amazon



I read this book because my sister loved it and this is my favorite love story ever!!! It is just wonderful and beautiful written saga. The way Doris and Victor’s love for each other just spills out of the pages is just magical. Does such true love really exist? I really want to believe in that!
P.S. The translation is very good! I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in reading realistic fictional love stories.
Pride and Intentions,
Amazon



Truly a very good read! It's a combination of true love , courage to be true to one's self and brave enough to act on the inner intuiscion.
Pride and Intentions,
Amazon



A truly intriguing story of a love that is eternal, fraught with deception in the name of love. Beautifully written and hard to put down.
Pride and Intentions,
GoodReads



Learning to love and to be true to oneself, all are entwined in this excellent story that is filled with deep thought of a young woman and the suspense of finding just the right mate. I need to read it again!
Pride and Intentions,
Amazon



A beautiful tale of life and love. As this is a translation I can now understand the simple errors that a good editor will catch. Otherwise it was beautifully written with a special, delicate flavor.
Enso the Enduring Power of Love,
Amazon




Heart rendering wisdom of spiritual awakening. Miraculous enlightening with the opening of the heart and appreciation of all that is.
Secret of a Bridge,
GoodReads



I liked that Dushica decided to use this allegorical method to convey her philosophy to the world. Antonio’s quest reminds me of other philosophical sagas, such as The Pilgrim’s Progress (John Bunyan), in which the point of the hero’s journey is about the discovery of truth more than the final destination. She also alludes to the gospel near the beginning of the book, and though Jesus is never mentioned by name, it is clear he is the “man of love” referred to, and who is pointed to as an example to live by.
Pride and Intentions,
Amazon



The story draws some parallels to Pride and Prejudice; the main characters bear some resemblance to Darcy and Elizabeth, and some of the side characters take on roles that echo Austen’s blueprint. But Pride and Intentions is not simply a retelling of Austen’s story-- it is its own original masterpiece.
Secret of a Bridge,
Amazon



A philosophical tale, this story uses the adventures of a young man named Antonio to explore the heart of mankind. Antonio is a spirited orphan whose adoptive father teaches him many things about love, and tells him that he has built a bridge greater than the Ponte Vecchio and learned its secret. Antonio decides he too wishes to build a bridge that will make his father proud. Reaching manhood, he sets off to explore the world. At each new place, he finds work, meets new friends, and learns new truths about himself and about the humans around him. Periodically, he will commune with nature, sometimes taking on the form of the nature he is speaking to; a seagull, a wave, a tree, an eagle. He also encounters the personifications of happiness, fear, pride, malice, victory, and love and talks with each of them to uncover new revelation. After 20 years of exploring and working to save money to build his bridge, Antonio finally decides to return home to see his father and begin work on his bridge. But, a series of events leaves him penniless, all his hard work for naught. Will Antonio discover the secret to building his bridge?
ENSO,
ENSO



"Enso is a book about memories, a book of allegory, a book for thought. Popular, new, interesting. The acuteness of perception gives a 'timelessness' to events - the breath of ancient cultures of the East and modern West flows through the book. It can be recommended to a wide range of readers. A novel that will awaken your optimistic attitude toward the world and your own life."
Pride and Intentions,
Amanda Kai



Romeo and Juliet meets Pride and Prejudice.

“Now I know that everything was supposed to happen just the way it did, because if it didn’t, maybe I wouldn’t have spent the rest of my life in the most beautiful fairy tale with your grandfather.”

Quotes

Quotes




“There are people who can not see with their physical eyes, but they see through the mind.Such people can see the live and dead forms in all their colors, movements and strength.They surpass all boundaries, rules, space and time.They live in the eternity of the living energies that come from an empty and pure space, from which wonders occur. If these people could see with their physical eyes too‒they would have a divine nature...”
ENSO
ENSO



“− The world is an everlasting change in motion, in which what you knew yesterday can become an illusion in one moment. ‒ The old man moved a few steps away, folded his hands behind his back, and turned to the boy again. ‒ Having said that, there is one unique chance to find out all about the world. But there is a specific condition for that.
− What is it?
− You must become a wind!”
Secret of a Bridge
Secret of a Bridge



“− Don’t be ridiculous. Stop thinking about yourself. After all, you turned yourself into a bird because you wanted to hear my speech. And as a bird you can more easily understand my language. Many people want to understand it, but they don’t succeed because they don’t know how to turn into a bird. They look at the bird but don’t see a seagull that has something to tell them. They are too preoccupied with the role of a man. They admire his flight without wondering why the seagull is, right at this moment, flying his most beautiful flight before their eyes...”
Secret of a Bridge
Secret of a Bridge



“− Life is a bridge, build it inside yourself. But before you take a step, lay the foundations for the first supporting pillar, and when you’ve crossed it, lay foundations for the remaining pillars so that others can walk on that bridge!”
Secret of a Bridge
Secret of a Bridge



“− You have nothing to fear from time and freedom. They are incompatible, and things that are incompatible cancel each other out. If you count the time, you are without freedom, if you are free, time no longer exists.”
Secret of a Bridge
Secret of a Bridge



Mr. Brown was, despite his successful business and material wealth, unhappy and imprisoned in his unique deep world into which he didn’t let anyone enter. That dark, powerful world will later touch my private life...
Pride and Intentions
Pride and Intentions



You don’t fall in love with a man, you don’t fall in love with a place, but in the feeling that pleasantly overcomes you when you are with that man. You grow to love it so much that you don’t want to part with that feeling afterward.
Pride and Intentions
Pride and Intentions





Time began taking its toll. You can fight everything, except time. It carries into oblivion even things that made you shed tears and made you laugh, leaving behind only sparks of reflexes that awaken when you recall the moment that once existed.
Pride and Intentions
Pride and Intentions



“I’m not afraid of death, but of my funeral. I wouldn’t like it to be an occasion where my girlfriend or wife will shed tears... if I ever have a partner...” He trailed off, lost in thought, and then continued. “Because... love must remain after death, right? It is indestructible, immortal?”
Pride and Intentions
Pride and Intentions



Love is our potpourri, our celebration, our first principle, and there is no greater force or human power that can override its plans and ways. We are guided by love; it is above us and above everything.
Pride and Intentions
Pride and Intentions



Maybe because I had to remind myself of one person, one living being whose heart was beating somewhere far away, and at that moment echoed inside of me. Because I have always felt it as my own and had never forgotten him.
Pride and Intentions
Pride and Intentions



As usual, Mrs. Doris couldn’t get angry. Since her proud nature almost ruined the love of her life a long time ago as well as all the happiness that she experienced after that, she had learned that anger is the most dangerous weapon a person could have.
Pride and Intentions
Pride and Intentions

Blog

Blog

  • BELIEVE IT OR NOT
    BELIEVE IT OR NOT
    There are millions of planets in the universe and one of them is called Earth. Beings who call themselves men gave it that name. Details...
  • LOVE AS A COMMANDMENT
    LOVE AS A COMMANDMENT
    Somewhere in the far West, before the Europeans brought love as a commandment and cornered her natural law, it was believed that man is destined to live with a free spirit, instead of with the spirit trapped within him. Details...
  • Suppose...
    Suppose...
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  • How small the chances were that you would be born?
    How small the chances were that you would be born?
    Have you ever wondered how small the chances were that you would be born? Details...
  • MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS DO NOT STUDY REALITY AS IT REALLY IS
    MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS DO NOT STUDY REALITY AS IT REALLY IS
    Earlier, in the period before the philosopher Euclid, all mathematics was called geometry. Details...
  • INTERVIEW the book PRIDE AND INTENTIONS
    INTERVIEW the book PRIDE AND INTENTIONS
    I am so excited to share with you the latest interview about my writing and the book PRIDE AND INTENTIONS (which will soon be available for pre-order by the wonderful publisher "The Wild Rose Press"). Details...
  • SECRET OF A BRIDGE
    SECRET OF A BRIDGE
    In Tuscany, the most beautiful region of Italy, there’s a curious bridge with a house on it. The bridge’s mystery can’t immediately be appreciated, unlike its shape, since the whole world’s heard about its form, and what the whole world knows is no longer a mystery. Details...
  • The truth about our sincere thoughts
    The truth about our sincere thoughts
    Oscar Wilde said that if a man wants to know what a woman really thinks, he should observe her and not listen to her. I totally agree with him! Details...
  • ORIGINALITY
    ORIGINALITY
    You know that feeling when you want to write something, design, paint, draw some new design in Corel draw and it doesn’t work? Inspiration does not come! Everything has already been seen but we need originality! Here is one conclusion and a brief explanation. Details...
  • THE LIGHT OF TRUTH
    THE LIGHT OF TRUTH
    Even Plato in his “myth of the cave” said that a man who comes out of the cave into the light of truth, only then masters true knowledge. The direct connection with God is realized in the soul of man and not in the world around him. This is a problem that, despite the fact that more than two thousand years have passed since the time of Plato, is still very important for humanity. Details...
  • Trust in more when you fall the lowest!
    Trust in more when you fall the lowest!
    A CLUE Details...
  • The legend of the young man with two hearts
    The legend of the young man with two hearts
    When you lose someone you realize just how much that person means...



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  • YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED
    YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED
    Once upon a time in a village there lived a poor girl. She didn’t have nice clothes or jewellery, and she wasn’t satisfied with her appearance. She washed linen for a few wealthy families, and in turn they brought her food. Since she thought that she wasn’t pretty, people started to perceive her in that way. Young girls avoided her, young men passed her by... Details...
  • WHAT IF I WIN
    WHAT IF I WIN
    A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. Details...

News and Events

News

BOOK OF THE WEEK on BookFairy
BOOK OF THE WEEK on BookFairy
MIPCOM fest
MIPCOM fest
Literary event in Brighton
Literary event in Brighton
NOVELS "SECRET OF A BRIDGE" and "ENSO" on Amazon
NOVELS "SECRET OF A BRIDGE" and "ENSO" on Amazon
PRIDE and INTENTIONS
PRIDE and INTENTIONS
PRIDE and INTENTIONS published for pre-order!
PRIDE and INTENTIONS published for pre-order!