Enter Džehenem

by Damir Avdić

"Dokaz o nevjerovatnom jedinstvu teksta i muzike, kada je riječ o Damiru Avdiću, jeste njegov najnoviji roman ENTER DŽEHENEM.

To je muzički roman, u smislu forme, ali i po tome što je njegov glavni junak i narator DJ Technotakimachine, čovjek koji je bio mlad za rat (mislim na godište), ali dovoljno star da živi u još gorem postratnom vremenu ni rata ni mira. Po obilju citata iz onog što Dražen Vrdoljak naziva popularnom glazbom (blues, jazz, rock...) ova knjiga se u svakom smislu može nazvati muzičkim pregledom kroz koji možemo vidjeti jednu ulicu i jedan grad u BiH, gdje su odrastale cijele generacije ljudi premladih za rat.

Radi se, naravno, o izgubljenim generacijama, koje nisu upamtile život u prošloj državi, te tako nisu ni imale moguću utjehu poput onih koji se dobro sjećaju naivne i crno-bijele slike svijeta, u kojoj smo stanovali sve tamo negdje do druge polovine osamdesetih. Radi se o generacijama koje odrastaju na drugačijoj vrsti muzike (techno/rave, turbo-folk...), a to znači da imaju potpuno novi i drukčiji filing za stvarnost i život."

- Faruk Šehić

146 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Damir Avdić, born in Tuzla in 1964., is the founder of the former punk band Rupa u Zidu (A Hole in the Wall), with which he recorded five albums. He published solo albums: Of Thorns and Stings (Od trnja i žaoka, 2004.), The Dead are Dead (Mrtvi su mrtvi, 2008.), Life is a Paradise (Život je raj, 2010.), Mein Kapital (2012.) and Human Reich (2013.)

Avdić also published four novels: The Bridge on Blood (Na krvi ćuprija, 2005), Enter Džehenem (2009), Ticket for Revolution (Tiket za revoluciju) and I don't want to win (Ne želim da pobijedim), and also a poetry book named "Kuda sestro" (Where to, sister).

He wrote the music for the theatre performance Ein Kind unserer Zeit (Hamburg 2007/2008), directed by Branko Šimić, in which he also appeared as an actor. Avdić won the Farah Tahirbegović Award in 2008. His monodrama based on his novel Na krvi ćuprija was performed in Glej Theatre, Ljubljana, Slovenia (director Maret Bulc). In 2011 he wrote music for the documentary film The Total Gambit and fiction film Arheo, directed by Jan Cvitković.

Reviews

[Komuniststar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pisan iz prvog lica, kao da ti netko za šankom priča. Iako mi se roman svidi, nisam siguran koliko bi imao strpljenja u stvarnom životu slušat tu i takvu priču. Svašta tu ima; obiteljske povijesti, religije, frajerstva, muzike, rata i poraća, politike, legendi, ludosti, seksa i ljubavi. Prijateljske, roditeljske, bratske i one između muškarca i žene. Neki od tih djelova su uvjerljivi, neki konfuzni, neki blebetanje i taj je dio di gubim interes i guram dalje do dobrih stvari.

[Niko · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book on one of Avdič's concerts. He's totally different person behind the scene than on stage. Really calm,quiet. And I couldn't help not to think "which" Damir wrote the book. At times brutally sharp, but on the next page such a feeling of tenderness that you shiver. It's not an aesy book to read. Don't know if it was translated in English, if someone had the courage to do it...thumbs up for that. The fact is, that Avdić uses all the "juiciness" of bosnian/serbian...whatever, language that is spoken in Bosnia. And I can't imagine that those words would keep the same feeling and context once translated. Really powerfull reading about despair, love,loneliness,willingness to move on and, in a way, belonging. One of my favorites.