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17.01.2012.

THE WORLD THAT LOST ITS COMPASS

Edo Popović: Breaking The Wind (OceanMore, Zagreb, 2011)

By: Leda Sutlović

Some of the recently published books, which can be categorised as socially active prose, aim to remind us of the unenviable social situation, alongside all the devastating statistics, spiritual, moral and other crises. One of these novels is Edo Popović’s  Breaking The Wind. Almost a dystopian but definitely a futuristic transition story that speaks critically of the present-day life and shows its extreme in the future. The novel’s title stands as a metaphor to the greed of the capitalist society which, after another successful acquisition, announces the breaking of the wind.      more >

20.12.2011.

THE GLOOMINESS OF AN OLD MAN

Srđan Srdić: Espirando (Stubovi kulture, Beograd, 2011.)

By: Leda Sutlović

A relatively unknown writer to the wider Croatian reading public, Srđan Srdić, is the author of the appraised novel The Dead Field and the director of the Festival of Short Stories ‘’The Kikinda Short’’, and the novel Espirando, subtitled ‘’The Songs on Death’’, is his first book of stories. The title of the book, easily translated as breathing or exiling, gives an idea of the main topic, the moment of death. The title is also a term from classical music that describes a special way of interpretation, and the music itself, especially the one on the Mexican border, which helps us understand this mess, is one of the basics and sources of inspiration for the stories.

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27.11.2011.

LOOK WHO’S TALKING

Tanja Mravak: We Have to Talk, (Algoritam, Zagreb, 2010)

By: Leda Sutlović

Fragments of intimate, everyday situations set in Dalmatia are the topic of Tanja Mravak’s first collection of short stories. There are fifteen, not twenty stories, as mentioned in the blurb, offering personal perspective on couples who are stuck with the same routine, leading boring and predictable lives. Some of the couples are young, decent and educated, others are middle-aged, living with their children and parents under one roof; there are couples who are poor and unemployed, adulterers, couples who can barely stand each other…

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