Pomladni dan

by Ciril Kosmač

Pomladni dan je izjemno delo tako v sklopu Kosmačevega opusa kot v loku razvoja sodobne slovenske pripovedne proze. Najprej zaradi doživljajske moči in izjemne pretehtanosti pripovednega postopka, tudi zaradi lirske intenzitete, ki jo gradi pripovedovalčeva perspektiva, ki raste iz intimnega doživetja, in zaradi fabulativne živahnosti, katere motivacijski prehodi so izrazito poetični. Leta 1953, ko je roman izšel, je vse to pomenilo novost ob prevladujočih socialno motiviranih prvih povojnih pripovednih delih.

Genres: Fiction, Classics, Novels, 20th Century

239 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1953

About the author

Slovenian novelist and screenwriter.

Reviews

[Zala · Rating 4 out of 5]

»Tisti pomladni dan je bil lep, svetel in zveneč, kakor iz čistega srebra ulit.«

»...[a] nič ne misliti je najtežavnejše opravilo na tem svetu.«

This isn't even a novel in verse, and yet it's poetry.

[Caroline · Rating 3 out of 5]

[narrator has returned home as WWII ends, after 15 years of fighting as a partisan; his aunt shows him the Latin verb study sheets still tacked to the ceiling of his bedroom where he studied as he lay in bed]
“Right you Are,” I smiled. “Amo--amas--amat…How odd!” I shook my head. “How odd…”
“Eh, what’s odd about it?” asked Auntie. “Who thought at the time that it would be so long before you came back!…’
“I’m not thinking of that,” said I with a kindly gesture. " It only occurred to me in passing, that in Latin the verb “to love” is always given as an example of the easiest and most regular of the verbs. And yet in life that verb has more exception and tenses, more irregular and more difficult than any other. How very few of us can conjugate it correctly!…”

'Outside at this moment the sun was already a good fathom above the hilltops. The valley was divided lengthwise into two aspects. On the sunny side, a gentle, fertile slope still damp with dew; dreamy and blurred, it was screened by finely sifted strands of sunlight; while our steep and barren shady side was vivid and bathed in sunshine. The heath was already dry and so was the yellow, fluffy spring flower the name of which I forget. It quivers under the warm touch of the sunlight. Safe in its protection it fearlessly unfolds, opening its cups and with its perfume invites the fat, yellow, downy bumblebees--so like itself, buzzing on a low note as they seek for honey and at the same time unconciously and involuntarily lend their aid to the flowers in their loves. Such is a May morning on every clearing, along every cartroad, on every hill and grassy upland, and also at Obrekar Oaks.’

[Translated by F S Copeland; 1959 edition, Lincolns Prager or London House and Maxwell, both listed on title page.]

A novel of the countryside, of peasants, superstition, cycles, inescapable poverty and the consequences of love in war. Of a man stranded halfway between his origin in the village and his participation in the wider world of education, resistance, war, cities, betrayal. Of war’s destruction and senselessness. Imbued with the physical presence of the Slovene land.

[mel]

Audiobook in Slovenian. Narrated by Slovenian actor Aleš Valič.

[Eva Hočevar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ne vem, zakaj sem se toliko časa upirala tej knjigi. Očitno je moralo najprej v meni nekaj dozoreti, da sem bila nanjo pripravljena. Vsekakor odlično slovensko delo, vredno svoje slave. Čudovit slog pisanja in tako živo opisani liki.

[Nina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maturitetno čtivo revisited. Zgodbe se nisem čisto nič spomnila, mi je pa sproti odzvanjala po spominu, kot da bi hodila po njegovih najbolj zaprašenih sobah in v roke jemala pozabljene predmete. Vidim zakaj se mi je takrat zdela dolgovezna, zdaj imam toliko več potrplenja da sem lahko uživala v njeni poetičnosti.

[el (taylor's version) · Rating 2 out of 5]

a round of applause for me👏i'm so thankful it's over


after reading it for the second time: this book...is actually not that bad?? i feel like i had to read it twice for me to actually understand the point and the storyline of the book

[Iztok · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read it in original, of course, but I still strongly recommend it to anyone. It conveys strong pacifist messages and a very vivid depictions of different characters. It tells a story of author's family and his village from First to the end of Second World War, but it is not a family saga (it is quite short). The original version, as all Kosmač oeuvre, is also known for beautiful language, close to poetry. (You can learn more about it from the comment on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/A-Day-Spring-Ci...)

[Tanja Šterman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Preprosto čudovit roman. Krasen jezik, zanimivo dogajanje, ki me je v trenutku prikovalo h knjigi. Glavni protagonist, prvoosebni pripovedovalec, se po vojni spomladi leta 1945 vrne v svoj domači kraj. Kraj, kjer šumi Idrijca, kraj zelenih travnikov, širnega neba, visokega Krna v daljavi ... in kraj zanimivih ljudi. Vrača se v spomine na otroštvo in mladost, poleg dedka, staršev, tete, strica in sosedov pa je v ospredju Božena, ki so jo klicali Kadetka. Deklica, sedem let mlajša od njega, je odraščala pri njihovi družini. Spomladi 1945, ko se spet srečata, pa je odrasla ženska s svojo žalostno življenjsko zgodbo.
Verjetno je del zgodbe avtobiografski - starost glavnega junaka se natanko ujema s Kosmačevo starostjo.

Nekje sem prebrala, da je bil Kosmačev vzornik Cankar. Ja, se strinjam. Jezik, ki teče kot poezija, jezik, ki s ponavljanji besednih zvez ustvarja svojstven ritem, ki nudi bralcu užitek pri branju. Samo Idrijca šumi in sneg pritajeno drsi skozi veje ...

[Викторија Амиџић · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kada bih morala opisati život knjigom, ovo bi bila ta knjiga. Ona nije revolucionarna, ona ne opisuje fantastične dogadjaje i junake - ne, ona opisuje ljude i njihove proste, a opet najteže probleme, ljude i njihova prosta, a opet isuviše komplikovana osećanja. Ova knjiga je podsetnik da život nakon svega nastavlja da teče kao Idrijca, uvek od izvorišta prema svetu, a nikada natrag. Podsetnik da ma šta god bilo, čoveku je istinska samo ljubav prema životu. "Ja tako volim da živim", reći će junak. To je ISTINA. A sve što je istinito je i lepo.

[Eadie Burke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has an unnamed narrator but does mirror certain aspects of the author's life. You can easily tell the love for this beautifully mountainous country as he describes the experiences of the people who live there. The events the characters go through gives the reader feelings of joy, compassion and love. I found this book to be a beautiful and moving novel and reminded me of my grandfather who also left a nearby Croatian area in 1914 because of the onset of World War I.

[Blesie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Suprisingly good!

[Eva · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5

[Simon Popek · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 ⭐️

[Chavlich · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cikel Slovenska zgodba: 3

Počakam, da pride duša za človekom in potem začnem.

Tepka
Svisli
Bzik
Kolnik
Žežnjati
Režanec
Zdič
Mrtvouden
Frakelj
Negnoj
Priščeniti
Ni ne krop ne voda
Česnati
Škant

[azi (taylor's version) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ni tok bad iskreno, js sm velik Kadetka fan

[Simona · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very quiet story set in turbulent times - between World War I and II, and time immediately after WW II. A young man, who returns to his home after 15 years, remembers and thinks about the fate his parents, village, love, death ... Beautiful language, dynamic structure, interesting characters, but the story as a whole, unfortunately doesn’t work for me.