Ультрамарин

by Mileta Prodanović, Mileta Prodanović, Людмила Недашківська (Translator)

«Ультрамарин» Мілети Продановича – це тепла і мудра книга про синівську любов та спорідненість душ. Автобіографічна в своїй основі, вона є спогадами автора про батька і давню родинну подорож до скарбів епохи італійського Відродження. Враження, отримані в дитинстві від побаченого під час цієї поїздки, переплітаються з нещодавніми, згадки про драматичні події в рідній країні письменника поєднуються з роздумами двох митців – батька і сина – про мистецтво і людське життя, про вічне і минуще.

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Mileta Prodanović was born in Belgrade in 1959. He graduated at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 1983. Since 1990 he worked as an assistant, assistant professor and then professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade.

He also regularly publishes prose and essayistic texts in the field of visual arts and journalism.

Reviews

[Jai Lau · Rating 2 out of 5]

What is this supposed to be, exactly? Definitely hard to read it as a story as so little of it has an apparent plot and far too niche in its exploration of art to be accessible for non-scholars. When reading, it is difficult to take in what is on the page and it is quite easy to read the same paragraph over and over without realising it. Far too much focus is put on describing the works of art instead of their importance to the overall book. It is a shame because when the writer actually delves into the father-character and the links between politics, war and art, he might have been onto something.

[Зоран Филиповић · Rating 5 out of 5]

Изузетно лепо и дубоко емотивно написана књига, не само о уметности него и о односу оца и сина.

[Justin Labelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first novel I’ve read written by a Serbian author.
It is a meandering journey of contemplation, nostalgia and loss. Its author has created a novel that sincerely looks at art and those who make it.
In this process, the authors creates a delicate memoir of his interactions with his father and probes into the values and significance of art in an ever changing world.