Time of PartingTime of Parting is a novel written by Anton Donchev and published in 1964.It was adapted for the screen in 1988.ReviewsTime of Parting was judged the 2nd greatest work ever in the Bulgarian Big Read in 2008–09.AdaptationsTime of Violence, is a film, based on this book by Bulgarian film director, Ludmil Staikov, that was screened in Cannes Film Festival at the 1988.