Kocka

Kocke #1

by Tamara Kučan

Kocka (Dice) is story about four people of different sexual orientation. Action of this story is happening in Belgarde, in 2009. year. Nebojsa, Mia, Jelena i Ana, expect too much from life. They want everything- love, money, fame, true friendship, and they are ready to roll the dice. But, they forget that sometimes, when you are gambling, you can lose everything. Or get everything.
Kocka (Dice) is story about dreams, risks, goodbyes, emotional growing up, forgivness, success. Kocka (Dice) also talking about violence against woman and homophobia in Serbia.




Kocka je priča o četiri junaka različite seksualne orijentacije, smeštena u Beogradu, 2009. godine. Nebojša, Mia, Jelena i Ana, od života očekuju previše, i zarad svojih snova i ambicija spremni su da se kockaju- dok sve ne izgube, ili sve ne dobiju. Kocka je priča o snovima, rizicima, odlascima, uspehu, lažima. Priča o prijateljstvu, emotivnom sazrevanju i seksualnosti sputanoj sredinom u kojoj živimo. Roman Kocka, otvara teme o kojima malo znamo, ili jednostavno, ne želimo da znamo. Homofobija, nasilje nad ženama, kriminal, narkomanija, pored slobodne ljubavi, teme su ovog romana.

212 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2010

About the author

Tamara Kucan is one of the youngest prose writers in Serbia. She started writing at the age of 16. In 2007, at the age of 17, her first novel Beogradjanka (Girl from Belgrade) was published by the publishing company ArsLibri. The first print run of the novel was sold out and the second edition was published by another publishing company, Urban Art. In 2008 another novel Made in Beograd (Made in Belgrade) was published. Belgrade, teenagers, night life, love and sex are some of the issues dealt with in this novel. The novel is a continuation of Tamara’s first novel and it can also be considered as a novel for itself. According to the readers, this is Tamara’s finest novel. The novel has had four print runs.
In 2010, Tamara Kucan becomes the youngest member ever being admitted to the Association of Writers of Serbia . The same year, her third novel Kocka was published. Considerably different than the previous two novels, Kocka is the the most mature novel of all Tamara’s novels. The novel is full of those every day topics and issues we hardly know about or even refuse to know about. Tamara’s recognizable style of writing- short sentences, without superfluous description is what makes this novel a powerful page-turner. Kocka (The Dice) is a novel that deals with the lives of four characters of different sexual orientation, it toys with the question of how much one would risk in order to succeed, it talks about the dreams of the young generations moving to Belgrade, and love without boundaries and judgment.
In 2012, upon readers ‘insistence, Tamara publishes one more novel Zauvek (Forever) , the continuation of the novels Made in Beograd and Beogradjanka. The ending of the Belgrade trilogy and also another story for itself, a compelling tale of two young people deeply in love. At the same year, Tamara published second part of novel Kocka, named Kocka 2 (The Dice 2).
In 2013, Tamara publishes novel Pescani sat (Hourglass), the story about high prostitution and elit in Balkan.

Tamara Kucan’s style of writing is often being compared to Charles Bukowski’s style of writing and her novel mirrors sociological aspects of life in Balkan.

Reviews

[Andrea Baskin]

Ko ne reskira, ne može ni da dobije. Ali šta reskiramo? Da li smo zapravo svesni da smo u životu svi na neki način kockari? Kockamo se sa srećom, našim i tuđim životom, novcem koji nemamo, slavom koju želimo...
Roman „Kocka“ upravo nam govori o tome. Da je život samo jedna velika igra na sreću u kojoj ili dobijamo ili gubimo. Šta gubimo? Lažne prijatelje, neuspele veze, nadu, veru i u svemu tome deo sebe. Ali i dalje se kockamo, jer to je ono zbog čega smo ovde. Život ide dalje, sa ili bez nas.
Priča o četiri prosečne mlade osobe u Beogradu dovodi nas u svet današnjice, pred kojim mnogi uspešno zatvaraju oči. Svakog od njih čeka velika promena u životu. Nova okolina, osećanja, istinska ljubav, pritisak, svet laži i prevare, droga i društvo koje ostaje ravnodušno prema razornosti sopstvenih predrasuda.
Razmišljanje i odluke omladine koja se suočava sa najvećim, ali možda najignorisanijim problemom – nasiljem. Verujem da većina vas nije ni svesna da je okružena sa mnogim osobama koje su bile ili su još uvek žrtve nasilja. Što fizičkog, što psihičkog. To su ljudi koji se plaše da nešto preduzmu protiv toga, jer žive u svetu u kome se više osuđuje fizički izgled i seksualna orijentacija osobe, nego njen karakter. Ali zašto bismo se potrudili da to promenimo, kada iziskuje toliko truda? Lakše je okrenuti glavu i pričati iza leđa, zar ne?
Tamara Kučan je izuzetna mlada devojka i vešta spisateljica, koja pokazuje razumevanje za probleme njenih junaka. Verno ih predstavlja, pružajući nam priliku da se i sami pronađemo u njima i mukama koje ih muče. Ako očekujete neki klasičan happy end, nećete ga dobiti, jer ovaj roman nije američka serija sa savršenim karakterima, ovaj roman je život kakav jeste.
Stavite sve na kocku i pročitajte „Kocku“

[Jelena Antic]

"Svaka kocka je bačena, zbog ljubavi je šestica! "

[jovana ☀]

šta ja sve neću čitati

[HighFidelity]

Bitno da sam prvo procitala drugi deo.
Zanimljivo ali najmanje omiljeno od Tamarinih dela.

[kokcinelin]

Prava tinejdzerska knjiga!

Volim Tamarin stil pisanja i njene teme koje obradjuje u knjigama ali od svih koje sam do sad procitala ova mi se najmanje dopada.
Volela bih da sam je procitala u svojim srednjoskolskim danima, tad bih je sigurno ocenila sa 5 ⭐

[Milica's Bookshelf]

DNF @19% / 40 strana.