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Pilgrimage to a Noble Dream

Hadžiluk plemenitom snu

Author(s): Boris Maksimović / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Travelogue; expirience;Europe; journey; on the road;

“Pilgrimage to a Noble Dream” is a collection of about thirty travelogues from various parts of Europe, created as a result of six years of wandering, hiking, hitchhiking, student exchanges and excursions, or simply travel that was a purpose in itself. There are no great adventures and unexplored landscapes in this book, because the children of post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina could not survive much less than that. Most of the places described in the book are cities, from Granada and Bari, through Berlin, Paris and Amsterdam to Copenhagen, and these cities have been described and presented countless times in popular culture, but because of that they are even more challenging because they provide an opportunity to follow in other people's footsteps and search for ourselves in them. This collection was created as a result of endless hunger for travel, a sense of excitement once we find ourselves on the road, and sometimes disappointment when we realize that this trip was just a pilgrimage to our noble dream.

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Before Death – Darkness

Prije kabura – mrak

Author(s): Feđa Gudić / Language(s): Bosnian

Keywords: Short stories; psychological; Bosnia; characters; relationships;

“Before death – darkness” in 24 short stories illuminates a whole spectrum of human nature and inclinations: it includes silent righteous, noble, invertebrates, thugs, indifferent villains, comrades, people on the last frontier of common sense. In this collection, every reluctant tick, twitch of eyelid or body speaks more about interpersonal relationships than exalted dialogue or surprising twists. And no matter how much they lack great works of Promethean proportions, Zaim, Hasan, Asim, Meho the Butcher, Dr. Crnac still get a space where all the human spirit with a lot of humor comes to life in everyday, almost trivial earthquakes, in which they themselves are so realistically portrayed that someone may say with certainty that their existence and action are not so much imaginary as witnessed. And the ease of language and expression with which it is witnessed - in addition to keeping the reader's attention on the most important, difficult to perceive details - is the greatest value of such stories. Yet the latent melancholy behind that humor cannot and must not be overlooked, a kind of disappointment that hovers over every optimistic, promising start. That is why there is darkness before everyone's grave, whether in the background or not, with which no one manages to maneuver constantly or to hide from. The sensitivity of this collection is in the darkness that is briefly - in certain moments of absurdity and laughter - forgotten.

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Rodeo in Donji Vakuf

Rodeo u Donjem Vakufu

Author(s): Zoran Plavšić / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Short stories; characters; realism; everyday life;

Zoran Plavšić writes about conductors, caterers, peasants, soldiers, old teachers, Roma, neighbor's children and he treats all of them with equal respect, understanding and empathy. In short, he loves all their flaws and is able to present them to the reader so that he loves them too. Plavšić's stories in a beautiful way continue the tradition of Serbian realistic short stories, they feel the influence of Glišić, Kočić, Ćopić, and even Stanković, but this is not about imitation, but about mutual respect for the “little man” and his destiny. And there is something else in his stories worth mentioning, and that is the belief that it is the usual, everyday and seemingly irrelevant in our everyday life and our immediate environment at the same time and what makes most of our days, what, when the line is drawn, is our life, and that it is precisely what seems irrelevant to us that connects us with people from all meridians. The struggle to make ends meet, aging, transience, unfulfilled expectations, all our personal struggles are at the same time the struggles of millions of other people, and the story of one of us is actually the story of all of us.

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What Creativity Really Is

Šta je zapravo kreativnost

Author(s): Milica Drobac Pavićević / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Popular Science; psychology; creativity; education;

We hear the word creativity so often, one would say daily. Therefore, we get the impression that it is something that is perfectly known and unquestionable, and how could we not believe it when there is an overproduction of texts, articles and blogs on this topic. But if we were to entertain ourselves with definitions of the notion of creativity, as well as attempts to explain its nature, we would notice quite variegation and discord among them. And not only with laymen, as expected, but also with scientists, whether they are psychologists, philosophers, sociologists, linguists, economists, art historians or others. The purpose of this book is to offer an overview of the history and development of the concept of creativity from antiquity to the present day, to shed light on the mechanisms underlying it, and to explore possible ways in which this ability can be developed and encouraged through the education system. This book, therefore, is not intended only for researchers in this field, but for all those who want to understand how something new is created and how this ability can be developed - with our students, our children, our friends and associates.

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In the Ditch

U jarku

Author(s): Slađana Nina Perković / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Novel; irony; dark humor; funeral; relationships; family;

When the heroine of this novel, who also played the role of narrator, is run into the room by her mother and interrupted by watching her favorite crime series, the readers begin to discover the almost insane and chaotic world of the story, made up of events like the funeral of Aunt Stana, drowned with a piece of chicken, and thus shattered plans to sell the family home and land, a world filled with unusual visits to police stations and clinics, heroes who unsuccessfully attempt suicide, those who erect monuments to themselves years ago or experience a personal renaissance after deciding to enter the world of smuggling . With each new page, Slađana Nina Perković more and more picturesquely builds a novelistic world that is built on the display of everyday life, only that everyday life, with extremely sharp language and with a negligible dose of dark humor, is moved almost to the limits of absurdity and grotesque. One funeral and sale of a family home and land, these events that we almost automatically perceive as tragic or shocking, in this novel are transformed into the ridiculous that serves us not to ignore tragedy and reality, but to more easily understand the whole picture of the world we are the part itself.

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Sparrows in the Storm

Vrapci u oluji

Author(s): Ninoslav Mitrović / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Novel; horror; thriller; revenge;post-war;

The novel “Sparrows in the Storm” is set in eastern Serbia in the 1920s and follows the story of Bogdan Prvulović, a returnee from the Great War, who in post-war Serbia tries to make ends meet and feed his family by doing various jobs and cultivating the land. But, as in every post-war period, this time the situation is controlled by those who took positions during the war and acquired property, through smuggling, bribery and similar activities. Faced with a situation from which he sees no way out and an offer from a former war comrade that he cannot refuse, Bogdan will make a choice that will change his life fundamentally. “Sparrows in the Storm” brings a story as old as the world itself, it is a story about wrong choices, remorse, the inability to return to the old and finally revenge, and one that does not bring calm, but must be carried out.

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Publisher: Imprimatur d.o.o.

Pilgrimage to a Noble Dream

Hadžiluk plemenitom snu

Before Death – Darkness

Prije kabura – mrak

Rodeo in Donji Vakuf

Rodeo u Donjem Vakufu

What Creativity Really Is

Šta je zapravo kreativnost

In the Ditch

U jarku

Sparrows in the Storm

Vrapci u oluji