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27.11.2011.

AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN NATIONALISM AND CAPITALISM

Dejan Stojiljković: Constantine’s Crossroads (Laguna, 2010, second edition)

By: Lamija Neimarlija

Constantine’s Crossroads is Dejan Stojiljković bestseller which received awards such as Svetosavski pečat (2010) and Miloš Crnjanski (2009), while also shortlisted for the Nin Award for Best Novel of the Year (2010).

The novel features elements of horror, action, fantasy and history. The plot is set in Niš, occupied by the German armed forces in 1944, with raging conflicts between chetniks and  partisans. It also deals with the search for the sword of Constantine (by Adolf Hitler’s orders) that brings world domination to the person who owns it, and is hidden in the underground tunnels somewhere in Niš.

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27.11.2011.

NOT ENOUGH SPICE IN THE NOVEL CUBE

Ante Tomić: Tadpoles (Ljevak, Zagreb / Rende, Beograd, 2011)

By: Ivan Telebar

In his latest novel Tadpoles, Ante Tomić takes us back to 1975 through the eyes of a twelve-year old girl who spends another summer with her parents away from the heat of the city asphalt to have a few unforgettable days at her grandparents’ place. For the narrative backbone, the author takes an ordinary, not at all specific holiday situation of an average family. However, Tomić has become known in Croatian literary circles as a masterful painter of the everyday with a sharp eye for details which most of us often neglect to see.

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