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Kenija: Damari divljine
„Savane, lavovi, zebre, slonovi, nosorozi, žirafe… i četrdeset četiri naroda koji naseljavaju Keniju simbol su celog afričkog kontinenta. Kenija je puna iznenađenja na svakom koraku sa svojim napuštenim gradovima stare i slavne svahili civilizacije, nanizanim poput perli na dugačkoj ogrlici celom dužinom obale. Zemlja sedam puta veća od Srbije puna je opasnosti, ali i lepota koje neprestano iznenađuju stranca. Kako me je Kenija promenila, kojim znanjima i bogatstvom me je zadužila za ceo život – napisao sam u ovoj knjizi.“
– V. L.
„Lazić ostvaruje svoje dečačke snove, a usput nas čitaoce čašćava neverovatnim opisima detalja iz egzotičnog života kenijskog naroda. Autor se ne oslanja samo na oficijelnu istoriju iz turističke prakse već se intimno vezuje za ljude i predele ove mnogoljudne i raskošne zemlje! Keniju su posećivali i Marko Polo i engleski kolonizatori, i dobronamerni ekolozi, ljubitelji tog bogatog i raskošnog biljnog i životinjskog carstva, ali najčešće, i neminovno, beskrupulozni, pohlepni trgovci koji su prirodu videli kao izvor ličnog bogaćenja. Jedan od dobronamernika je i naš Viktor Lazić, koji poput Rastka Petrovića beleži šta i kako ʼljudi govoreʼ. Njegovi naslovi priča su kao stihovi iz neke balade: ʼCrni šiljci đavolje litice i šuma zaboravaʼ. A usput nam čita grafite sa zidova: ʼPutuj dovoljno daleko da stigneš sam sebeʼ, ili: ʼOno što štedimo – štedi nas!ʼ“
– Ljubivoje Ršumović
– V. L.
„Lazić ostvaruje svoje dečačke snove, a usput nas čitaoce čašćava neverovatnim opisima detalja iz egzotičnog života kenijskog naroda. Autor se ne oslanja samo na oficijelnu istoriju iz turističke prakse već se intimno vezuje za ljude i predele ove mnogoljudne i raskošne zemlje! Keniju su posećivali i Marko Polo i engleski kolonizatori, i dobronamerni ekolozi, ljubitelji tog bogatog i raskošnog biljnog i životinjskog carstva, ali najčešće, i neminovno, beskrupulozni, pohlepni trgovci koji su prirodu videli kao izvor ličnog bogaćenja. Jedan od dobronamernika je i naš Viktor Lazić, koji poput Rastka Petrovića beleži šta i kako ʼljudi govoreʼ. Njegovi naslovi priča su kao stihovi iz neke balade: ʼCrni šiljci đavolje litice i šuma zaboravaʼ. A usput nam čita grafite sa zidova: ʼPutuj dovoljno daleko da stigneš sam sebeʼ, ili: ʼOno što štedimo – štedi nas!ʼ“
– Ljubivoje Ršumović
- GenresNonfiction
360 pages, Paperback
Published April 19, 2024
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About the author
Viktor Lazić
8 books7 followersViktor Lazić is one of Serbia's most well known modern travel writers.He is also a lawyer, journalist, PhD student of Chinese law, authorized translator, holder of a tour guide license, Ambassador of the Serbian Bibliophilic Society, an associate of the Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" of Serbian Academy of Science and Arts (2009-2011), philatelist and numismatist. He is founder and president of the Association for culture, art and international cooperation "Adligat", CEO of Book and Travel Museum and Museum of Serbian Literature within this Association. He is a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia.
Viktor Lazić has visited 80 countries on five continents - Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and North America. He spent nine years travelling the world with a minimum of financial resources. He became known for driving around the globe in an old Russian Lada Niva.
His greatest journey lasted 421 days during 2009/2010, which is described in the book "The Great Adventure." During the trip, he regularly wrote for the daily newspapers Press from Belgrade. He started that trip from Kosovo, Dečani monastery. He toured much of Europe in a Jeep and reached the northernmost point of the European continent, North Cape, from where he proceeded to Russia. Without an accurate plan of movement, he visited thousands of cities, towns and villages. In October 2009. he reached the border of North Korea where the journey continued by other means of transport through Asia and Australia. He drove back to Serbia from Vladivostok, crossing alone Gobi desert, where he faced biggest car failure.
In July 2011 he started five-month journey around the shores of the Black Sea. He visited rarely visited regions of Southeast Turkey and Iraq, continuing to Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. At the border of South Ossetia he was arrested by local authorities and held in solitary confinement under unclear charges. His immediate liberation was demanded by the International Federation of Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, Serbian Association of Writers and many other organizations and individuals. After he was freed he continued journey through Georgia including Abkhazia, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova (including Transnistria) and Romania.
His travel novels are known to describe areas «off the beaten track»: he discovers new travel destinations, culture and places of natural beauty that known to few people. In his travel novels, the most important is contact with residents, explaining different world views and different ways of life. Particular media attention in the Balkans was drawn by his description of the life of pirates in Malacca Straits, life of believers of sects of the self-proclaimed Jesus, Vizarion, in Siberia, life of ex-cannibal tribes and matriarchal tribes in Indonesia.
Viktor Lazić has visited 80 countries on five continents - Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and North America. He spent nine years travelling the world with a minimum of financial resources. He became known for driving around the globe in an old Russian Lada Niva.
His greatest journey lasted 421 days during 2009/2010, which is described in the book "The Great Adventure." During the trip, he regularly wrote for the daily newspapers Press from Belgrade. He started that trip from Kosovo, Dečani monastery. He toured much of Europe in a Jeep and reached the northernmost point of the European continent, North Cape, from where he proceeded to Russia. Without an accurate plan of movement, he visited thousands of cities, towns and villages. In October 2009. he reached the border of North Korea where the journey continued by other means of transport through Asia and Australia. He drove back to Serbia from Vladivostok, crossing alone Gobi desert, where he faced biggest car failure.
In July 2011 he started five-month journey around the shores of the Black Sea. He visited rarely visited regions of Southeast Turkey and Iraq, continuing to Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. At the border of South Ossetia he was arrested by local authorities and held in solitary confinement under unclear charges. His immediate liberation was demanded by the International Federation of Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, Serbian Association of Writers and many other organizations and individuals. After he was freed he continued journey through Georgia including Abkhazia, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova (including Transnistria) and Romania.
His travel novels are known to describe areas «off the beaten track»: he discovers new travel destinations, culture and places of natural beauty that known to few people. In his travel novels, the most important is contact with residents, explaining different world views and different ways of life. Particular media attention in the Balkans was drawn by his description of the life of pirates in Malacca Straits, life of believers of sects of the self-proclaimed Jesus, Vizarion, in Siberia, life of ex-cannibal tribes and matriarchal tribes in Indonesia.
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August 9, 2024
Još jedan divan putopis Viktora Lazića.
Prelepi opisi, pronicljiva razmišljanja sa jakim ličnim pečatom, poštovanje, razumevanje i otvorenost.
Note to self:
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Pročitaj konačno Out of Africa
Prelepi opisi, pronicljiva razmišljanja sa jakim ličnim pečatom, poštovanje, razumevanje i otvorenost.
Note to self:
Poseti Muzej knjige i putovanja
Pročitaj konačno Out of Africa
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