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Roman pisan u formi dnevničkih bilježaka o dječaku Mislavu s blažim teškoćama u razvoju koji se nakon šesnaest godina boravka u specijalnoj školi u Zagrebu vraća u rodno, malo mjesto u svoju obitelj...
178 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1989
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Miro Gavran
79 books103 followersMiro Gavran is a contemporary Croatian author, born in 1961. His works have been translated into 35 languages, and his books have come out in 150 different editions at home and abroad. His dramas and comedies have had more than 200 theatre first nights around the world and have been seen by more than two million theatre-goers.
He is the only living dramatist in Europe to have a theatre festival devoted solely to his plays outside his/her homeland; the Gavranfest has been held in Slovakia since 2003.
He debuted in 1983 with the drama Creon's Antigone, speaking out forcefully about political manipulation. This was followed three years later by the drama Night of the Gods, the theme being the relationship between the artist and the powers-that-be under a totalitarian system. He then wrote a cycle of plays concentrating on male-female relations, in which his heroes were often great historical persons. He has created a series of complex female characters. His heroines are both strong and emotional. He has written some forty plays to date, including Death of an Actor, All About Women, All About Men, George Washington's Loves, Chekhov Says Good-Bye to Tolstoy, How To Kill The President, Greta Garbo's Secret, Parallel Worlds, Nora in Our Time, My Wife's Husband, Dr Freud's Patient...
There have been first nights of his plays throughout the world, in: Rotterdam, Washington, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Buenos Aires, Waterford, Mumbai, Bratislava, Prague, Ljubljana, Sarajevo, Krakow, Belgrade, Budapest, Athens, Augsburg, Vienna, Sofia.
He has had nine novels published: Forgotten Son, How We Broke Our Legs, Klara, Margita or A Journey into a Former Life, Judith, John the Baptist, Pontius Pilate and The Only Witness to Beauty, Kafka's friend, along with a collection of short stories entitled Small Unusual People.
In his early novels, he describes life in the Croatian provinces, featuring everyday folk, anti-heroes of sorts, who retain a positive stance towards life even when they are confronted with injustice and major difficulties. This is perhaps best seen in his novel, Forgotten Son (1989), in which the central personage is a slightly mentally challenged young man of twenty.
As a forty-year-old, Gavran started to write psychological-existential novels inspired by biblical characters, bringing them nearer to the sensibilities of contemporary readers. These books have been popular with both believers and non-believers, since their messages are universal.
His books have been published in all corners of the globe: in Beijing, Vienna, St Petersburg, Oslo, Istanbul, Paris, Prague, Bratislava, Sofia, Ljubljana...
Gavran has received more than twenty literary awards in Croatia and abroad, including the Central European Time Award, given annually in Budapest to the best Central European author for overall opus, as well as the European Circle Award given to writers for the confirmation of European values in their texts.
With insight and humour, Miro Gavran has written eight books for children and young people: All Sorts of Things in My Head, How Dad Won Mum, Head Over Heels in Love, Happy Days, Farewell Letter, Plays with a Head and a Tail, Try to Forget and The Teacher of My Dreams. These books have also found their way to adult readers.
Gavran earned his degree in Dramaturgy at the Academy of Theatre, Film and Television in Zagreb.
He first worked as a dramaturge and theatre director at the famous ITD Theatre in Zagreb. Since 1993, he has been living and working as a free-lance, professional writer. His theatre and prose texts have been included in numerous anthologies in Croatia and in countries outside its borders, and his work is studied at universities throughout the world.
He has been living in Zagreb, Croatia since he was twenty. He is married to the actress Mladena Gavran, and founded the Gavran Theatre with her in 2002. Their son Jakov is a student of acting.
He is the only living dramatist in Europe to have a theatre festival devoted solely to his plays outside his/her homeland; the Gavranfest has been held in Slovakia since 2003.
He debuted in 1983 with the drama Creon's Antigone, speaking out forcefully about political manipulation. This was followed three years later by the drama Night of the Gods, the theme being the relationship between the artist and the powers-that-be under a totalitarian system. He then wrote a cycle of plays concentrating on male-female relations, in which his heroes were often great historical persons. He has created a series of complex female characters. His heroines are both strong and emotional. He has written some forty plays to date, including Death of an Actor, All About Women, All About Men, George Washington's Loves, Chekhov Says Good-Bye to Tolstoy, How To Kill The President, Greta Garbo's Secret, Parallel Worlds, Nora in Our Time, My Wife's Husband, Dr Freud's Patient...
There have been first nights of his plays throughout the world, in: Rotterdam, Washington, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Buenos Aires, Waterford, Mumbai, Bratislava, Prague, Ljubljana, Sarajevo, Krakow, Belgrade, Budapest, Athens, Augsburg, Vienna, Sofia.
He has had nine novels published: Forgotten Son, How We Broke Our Legs, Klara, Margita or A Journey into a Former Life, Judith, John the Baptist, Pontius Pilate and The Only Witness to Beauty, Kafka's friend, along with a collection of short stories entitled Small Unusual People.
In his early novels, he describes life in the Croatian provinces, featuring everyday folk, anti-heroes of sorts, who retain a positive stance towards life even when they are confronted with injustice and major difficulties. This is perhaps best seen in his novel, Forgotten Son (1989), in which the central personage is a slightly mentally challenged young man of twenty.
As a forty-year-old, Gavran started to write psychological-existential novels inspired by biblical characters, bringing them nearer to the sensibilities of contemporary readers. These books have been popular with both believers and non-believers, since their messages are universal.
His books have been published in all corners of the globe: in Beijing, Vienna, St Petersburg, Oslo, Istanbul, Paris, Prague, Bratislava, Sofia, Ljubljana...
Gavran has received more than twenty literary awards in Croatia and abroad, including the Central European Time Award, given annually in Budapest to the best Central European author for overall opus, as well as the European Circle Award given to writers for the confirmation of European values in their texts.
With insight and humour, Miro Gavran has written eight books for children and young people: All Sorts of Things in My Head, How Dad Won Mum, Head Over Heels in Love, Happy Days, Farewell Letter, Plays with a Head and a Tail, Try to Forget and The Teacher of My Dreams. These books have also found their way to adult readers.
Gavran earned his degree in Dramaturgy at the Academy of Theatre, Film and Television in Zagreb.
He first worked as a dramaturge and theatre director at the famous ITD Theatre in Zagreb. Since 1993, he has been living and working as a free-lance, professional writer. His theatre and prose texts have been included in numerous anthologies in Croatia and in countries outside its borders, and his work is studied at universities throughout the world.
He has been living in Zagreb, Croatia since he was twenty. He is married to the actress Mladena Gavran, and founded the Gavran Theatre with her in 2002. Their son Jakov is a student of acting.
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January 3, 2018
4.5
Drago mi je što sam novu započela baš s ovim naslovom. Gavran mi je samo još jednom potvrdio da s njim nema greške.
Ljepota cijele priče je u jednostavnosti glavnog lika i svih njegovih shvaćanja svijeta koji ga okružuje. Mislav je ona neiskvarena osnova svih nas, te me u tom pogledu podsjetio na Augusta iz knjige Čudo.
Osjećajno, lagano, zanimljivo, životno, kratko i jasno.. S neočekivanim završetkom!
Drago mi je što sam novu započela baš s ovim naslovom. Gavran mi je samo još jednom potvrdio da s njim nema greške.
Ljepota cijele priče je u jednostavnosti glavnog lika i svih njegovih shvaćanja svijeta koji ga okružuje. Mislav je ona neiskvarena osnova svih nas, te me u tom pogledu podsjetio na Augusta iz knjige Čudo.
Osjećajno, lagano, zanimljivo, životno, kratko i jasno.. S neočekivanim završetkom!
October 13, 2018
Svaka riječ je suvišna...Miro je Miro :)
April 16, 2021
Nije me se toliko dojmila prilikom ponovnog čitanja. Želio bih da je ova knjiga puno duža da se imam više vremena emicionalno povevezati s Mislavom.
Recenzija prilikom prvog čitanja:
Jedna od najboljih knjiga ikada, preporučam svima da pročitaju ovu knjigu barem jednom.
Recenzija prilikom prvog čitanja:
Jedna od najboljih knjiga ikada, preporučam svima da pročitaju ovu knjigu barem jednom.
March 23, 2020
Život iz perspektive zaboravljenog sina nikoga ne može ostaviti ravnodušnim. Knjiga o kojoj se dugo, dugo razmišlja i nakon čitanja.
May 23, 2018
G. Gavran opet nije razočarao.
Preporučam pročitati svakako.
Preporučam pročitati svakako.
March 15, 2013
Ovo mi je prvo štivo koje sam čitala od Gavrana i jako me dojmio. Kraj me baš ''zdrmal'' tako da i ovo jutro vrtim priču u mislima. Riječ je o kratkom romanu, pisanom u prvom licu, u formi dnevničkih bilježaka. Glavni je lik retardirani mladić koji je ostao na mentalnoj razini dječaka od deset godina. Nakon što je petnaestak godina proveo u specijalnoj školi u Zagrebu, gdje je završio zanat, on se vraća u obitelj - i tu počinje drama. Otac osjeća žaljenje što je dopustio da ''sakriju sramotu'', majka i dalje uvjerena da je taj sin njihova ''sramota'' i da je dobro bila odlučila da ga se krije od svih. Kakva će biti posljedica tih odluka nakon vraćanja u obitelj... Odličan!
July 13, 2017
Jedno od najboljih djela koja sam procitala. Gavran je um glavnog junaka pretocio u niz jednostavnih, cistih misli i toliko dobro oslikao specificnu atmosferu na selu, zbog kojih postavljam nove kriterije za ostale pisce i djela koja cu tek procitati. Ono sto bi se u danasnje Internet doba reklo:"neprocjenjivo".
October 30, 2020
I really liked it as it's an easy read for an intermediate Croatian learner like myself. And it was an interesting insight into Croatian village life and how a young man who is different struggles to fit in. HOWEVER, the last two pages just ruined the entire experience. Why does every Croatian book, movie or play have to be so fucking dismal?
March 23, 2017
Roman je sve u svemu simpatičan i zabavan, ali ga jako umanjuje nekoliko melodramatičnih trenutaka koji ga prebacuju u teritorij sapunice. Ipak, čitak, sladak, mjestimice smješan, a toliko kratak da ga je šteta ne pročitati.
September 9, 2022
Knjiga je odlična, oduševljena sam. S obzirom da studiram fakultet vezan za djecu i odrasle s (po)teškoćama u razvoju - ova knjiga me dirnula i toliko mi pomogla da bolje razumijem tu perspektivu. Hvala za ovu knjigu, smatram da je svako treba barem jednom u životu pročitati kako bi shvatili svijet iz drugog ugla i kako bismo se svi mi bolje ponašali jedni prema drugima i bili zahvalniji prema svemu oko nas.
November 3, 2020
Knjiga napisana iz perspektive Mislava, mladića koji je 15 godina svoga života proveo u domu za djecu s posebnim potrebama, pa ga s njegovih 20 roditelji odluče vratiti u obiteljski dom u Omorini, selu u blizini Nove Gradiške. Kroz Mislavove dnevničke zapise spoznajemo na koji način on poima i osjeća stvari i ljude oko sebe. Osjeća se jedna iskrenost, nevinost, dobrota.
September 9, 2025
Izvrstan prikaz razumijevanja života iz pera mladića s posebnim potrebama. Doista je velika umjetnost uživjeti se u svijet onih koje smatramo drugačijima. Njihov je život tako bogat i lišen naših zavrzlama i društveno nametnutih normi. Izvrsna knjiga, uživala sam čitajući. Još jedan biser Mire Gavrana! Svaka čast!
July 21, 2021
Meni jedna od dražih knjiga. Knjiga puna života, u svakom smislu. Knjiga o ljubavi i obitelji, predrasudama i stigmama, očekivanjima, prijateljstvu i svemu što život sa sobom nosi. Priča o Mislavu koji je drugačiji, a opet isti kao svi mi, čovjek koji voli i želi biti voljen, takav kakav je.
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December 23, 2019Lagani roman pun emocije.
August 9, 2020
Pitak, emotivan, divan..
September 19, 2022
Predivna knjiga!
April 16, 2024
Već dugo se nisam plakao kad završim knjigu. Bilo je tako tužno ali tako ljepo
August 20, 2025
Riječi su suvišne. Knjiga je vrh.
July 1, 2024
Pitam se da li čovjek stvarno mora biti mentalno ograničen da bi bio bezrezervno dobar?
April 6, 2021
Posebno djelo koje nas ostavlja zamišljene. Kako doživljavamo one koji su drugačiji od nas,a ipak posebni. Kako je društvo puno predrasuda...
October 28, 2014
Zaplet je gotovo deus ex machina. Sve u svemu, ostatak je značajan- baca svjetlo na život iz nesvakidašnjeg kuta.
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