Kako je Potjeh tražio istinu

by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Cvijeta Job (Illustrator)

Jedna od osam maštovitih Priča iz davnine, slavne autorice Ivane Brlić-Mažuranić, je i priča o Potjehu. U njoj nas se uz pomoć boga Svarožića i nakaznih bjesova, upućuje na mudrost srca, te veličinu i vrijednost žrtve koju na sebe preuzimaju samo dobri i plemeniti.

24 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1916

About the author

Within her native land, as well as internationally, she has been praised as the best Croatian writer for children.

She started writing poetry, diaries and essays rather early but her works were not published until the beginning of the 20th century.
Her book Croatian Tales of Long Ago (Priče iz davnine), published in 1916, is among the most popular today.In the book Mažuranić created a series of new fairy-tales, but using names and motifs from the Slavic mythology of Croats. It was this that earned her comparisons to Hans Christian Andersen and Tolkien who also wrote completely new stories but based in some elements of real mythology.

Brlić-Mažuranić was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. However, she never won the prize due to the fact that, in her time, the prize was not accustomed to be given to women.

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Reviews

[neekuh · Rating 1 out of 5]

aorist i imperfekt nisu jedina glagolska vremena.

[Eva · Rating 3 out of 5]

iskreno top prica upravo sam zavrsila s citanjem za lektiru sljedeci tjedan
citala sam naglas i onako kao da djeci citam jer mi je tako zanimljivije

[šone · Rating 4 out of 5]

ivana

[Nina · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 ⭐️

[Željko Filipin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adventures of an old man and his three grandsons. Probably the best story in the collection.

[Marija Cindric · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dosadno, djetinjasto, glupavo, kratko😤

[Kenji Kishimoto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid ig

[George Ordell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully written tale. Analysis of this text gives further insight of how Brlić's life reflected into the story, layered alongside the Christian and Slavic inspirations.