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Kristian Novak

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Kristian Novak is a Croatian writer, linguist and university professor. He was born into a family of Croatian migrant workers in Germany, but spent his childhood and youth in a small village in Međimurje, the most northern part of Croatia.
He moved to Zagreb, to college in 1997.
He was standard member of the Croatian karate national team from 1996 to 2009, winning a range of individual and team awards at national and global championships.
In 2006. he was European Vice-Champion.
His first novel, Obješeni (The Hanged) was published in 2005, but received no significant reception.
Dark Mother Earth (2013), his second novel, won The Tportal prize for Croatian novel of the year and is hailed as one of the best Croatian novels in the last 50 years. T ...more

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	Ciganin, ali najljepši 4.62 avg rating — 3,494 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Črna mati zemla 4.55 avg rating — 3,082 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slučaj vlastite pogibelji 4.50 avg rating — 1,857 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obješeni 3.82 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Višejezičnost i kolektivni identiteti iliraca: jezične biografije Dragojle Jarnević, Ljudevita Gaja i Ivana Kukuljevića Sakcinskoga 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ciganin, al najljepsi by Kristian Novak (Goodreads Author), Milan Šarić (Narrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Kad si jako mali, jedna si osoba. Kasnije se praviš da si barem dvije, pa onda tri i tako to ide dok ne odrasteš. Bio sam mnogo djece, a u meni je bilo samo malo djetinjstva.”
― Kristian Novak, Črna mati zemla

tags: childhood, growing-up

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“Uvijek imaš izbora. Kažeš da ga nemaš, ali to samo znači da si izabrao da te sudbina gazi. Tako se ne moraš osjećati odgovornim ni za što.”
― Kristian Novak, Ciganin, ali najljepši

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“Samo su dva iskonska straha, jesi znala to? Rodiš se sa strahom od glasnih zvukova i strahom od padanja. Ozbiljno, imaš na internetu. Ostalih stotinu fobija naučiš od bližnjih. Neke te čuvaju od opasnosti, da. Ali većina je tu samo da zbija šale s našim životima.”
― Kristian Novak, Ciganin, ali najljepši

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“Sad ih više nema. Ni kajsije, ni tarabe, ni nespretnih mundira. Ni djeda ni majke. U dvorištu je sad samo hrpa smeća i starog željeza, ostaci nečijeg namještaja, komadi polupane zahodske školjke. Kao da je netko izbljuvao svoj sažvakani život i ostavio ga tu da trune poput opomene.”
― Bekim Sejranović, Nigdje, niotkuda

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“Kada se stvari svedu na pitanje zašto uopće radim to što radim, odgovor je također vrlo jednostavan. Ne bih rekao da me pisanje uvijek čini sretnim, ali me nepisanje sasvim sigurno baca u očaj. Sve ostalo je sporedno.”
― Kristian Novak

tags: despair, writing

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“Što sam dulje istraživao i slušao o ljudskim sudbinama, sve mi je jasnije bilo da priča mora van. Činilo mi se - napisat ću tu jednu i nikad poslije više ni jedne riječi. Jer ako je ja ne napišem, nitko drugi neće.”
― Kristian Novak

tags: ali-najljepši, ciganin

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