Činjenica da stvari nisu onakve kakve nam se čine vrlo je nepogodna u životu, ali je zato iznimno zanimljiva u književnosti. Ili je možda, najbolje stvari postaviti pirandelovski, tako je – ako nam se čini. Doručak je na prvi pogled obiteljski roman, obiteljska drama koja prikazuje naizgled savršenu obitelj, koja baš i nije onakva kakvom …
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Želimir Periš, Mladenka kostonoga
Kako odrediti zašto neka žena djeluje pametno, mudro, snalažljivo, promišljeno, odmjereno? Radi li se tu o njezinoj stvarnoj pameti ili samo o dojmu pameti? Što se krije iza toga? Mudrost i znanje ili možda činjenica da je vještica ili vila? Mladenka kostonoga roman je koji nam otkriva kako mislimo o drugima i kako interpretiramo druge, …
At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop
Sometimes you strongly dislike a book from the very first page, reading on because of stubbornness or the belief that an International Booker prize winner has to have something more than meets the eye. So, I read on. The plot is this: after the mutilation of Mademba in World War I, Alfa, our narrator, is …
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The Impossible Fairy Tale by Han Yujoo
This was quite a strange and unsettling read. I am not a sensitive reader, but this was about as much as I could take: a child killing a kitten, abusing and nearly killing a mentally challenged child, a child murdering another child. I was shocked, but at the same timeI had to disentangle the story …
My Favourite Books of 2020
Reading is easy, but choosing the best of the books you have read is hard. In this trying year my choice will entail not only the books I thought were the best, most quality books, but books that felt soothing and helpful in stressful times as well. Before I start, here are some honourable mentions: …
Fredrik Backman, Uznemireni ljudi / Anxious People
Scroll down for English Zašto nam je Backman neodoljiv? Zašto nas prisiljava da se ponovno zaljubimo u njegov stil nakon svake novo pročitane knjige? Baš zato što piše duhovite, tople, mile priče o običnim ljudima i svakodnevnom životu. Tjera nas da opet počnemo vjerovati u ono što smo vjerovali kao djeca, u ono što smo …
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Lana Bastašić, Uhvati zeca
Kroz perspektivu Sare, pripovjedačice ovog romana, spisateljice, vidimo prošlost i sadašnjost njenog života, vidimo njezino prijateljstvo s Le(j)lom, dječju zaljubljenost u Armina, rat, vjersku i nacionalnu netrpeljivost, bijeg iz Bosne u Irsku i njezin neočekivani nagli povratak. Slijedimo zeca koji skače naprijed i nazad kako bi i njoj i nama pokazao više o svemu, o …
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Real Life is an emotional, delicate story about real, ordinary life, about what real life makes of us, how life changes and influences people throughout their lives, how it makes them come to conclusions about life itself. It is a story about abuse, rape, cruelty, inequality, racism, (abusive) relationships, insecurities, religious fanaticism and primitivism, the …
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang
Isn’t it such a shame when a book starts off wonderfully: interesting, dynamic, original, just to continue and end in a completely different tone. By the end How Much of These Hills Is Gold lost all of its novelty and freshness. It turned into unskillfully written chapters filled with incredibility and tackiness. The main thread …
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If We Were Villains or How Shakespeare Can Ruin Your Life
“You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough.” There are books and there are books. Some books have perfect style, bring something new to literature or describe the current modern era. There are books that are fun, soothing or just a good choice for our mood at the moment. But there are also …
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A Literary Snob 