Breza: Pripovijetke

by Slavko Kolar

U zbirci je pet pripovijedaka: Breza, Svoga tijela gospodar, Kriza, Sudnji dan ili kako je Janko Klasnić upoznao slobodu i Mi smo za pravicu. U dodatku je izbor autobiografskih tekstova pod naslovom O prvim književnim koracima

Genres: Classics, Short Stories, Childrens, School, Read For School, Fiction, Historical

265 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1928

About the author

Slavko Kolar (pravo ime: Aloysius Vjekoslav Kolar) je bio hrvatski književnik i scenarist. Za života je napisao i objavio više od stotinu djela, a najpoznatija su “Breza” i “Svoga tela gospodar”. Inspiraciju je pronalazio u društvenim zbivanjima oko njega, a njegovo stvaranje je bilo prožeto humorom i satirom. Preminuo je u Zagrebu 15.9.1963. godine.

Reviews

[Iva]

Jedva čekao da mu žena crkne da ide na svadbu. and they say love is dead 😍

[Lena]

Read it and watched the movie. I'm just going to say I hate men.

[Adam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lektira za studeni 2018.

Ocjena 2 je samo zato što ima i gorih knjiga od ove.

[Hana · Rating 4 out of 5]

I probably wouldn't take this book on my own and start to read it but it was okay. At least i got an A ;)

[Katja · Rating 5 out of 5]

you guys don't know how much I've enjoyed this story, no like really , I like it a lot

[Mimay · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's well written but boring. So, 2.75

[Matija · Rating 4 out of 5]

Zabavan, poučan i autentičan prikaz tragikomike hrvatskog periferijskog života u periodu između dva svjetska rata. Kolarov stil je lako čitljiv, jednostavan, a opet vrlo bogat i slikovit. Opise prirode, seoskog melosa te ljudskih patologija onog vremena, uspijeva svesti na osnovne elemente ne gubeći njihovu dubinu.

U vrijeme srednje škole mi je ova vrsta pripovijetki bila užasno dosadna, dok mi je sada prilično privlačna. Po pripovijetci "Breza" snimljen je i dugometražni film, redatelja Ante Babaje, koji spada u sam vrh hrvatske kinematografije. Preporuka za zbirku, a posebice za film.

"Na priliku, zimi. Mrkla i hladna noć još zjapi kroz mala zamagljena okanca, niz strehu vise dugačke ledene svijeće ili curi beskonačna, prežalosna kiša, čovjeku još srce i duša spava - o kako bi se divno spavalo!"

"S jedne i druge strane ceste niske, nakrivljene drvenjare, s visokim krovovima. Crne, mrke, kao da su teški oblaci legli na zemlju, te iz njih kao sanjive mačje oči, umorna žmikala mala, žuto osvetljena okanca."

[Ana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lektira

[niko]

Tužna priča. Svidjela mi se, ali joj ne mogu dati ocjenu jer je to priča od 27 stranica. Klasik lektira, nema šta.

[Samanta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Breza i druge pripovijetke (Birch-tree and other stories) is a collection of short stories that take place in 1930s during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (the first Yugoslavia). The author belongs to literary realism and his main topic was the peasantry and its political status and the hard life it led. Even though he wrote the stories in Croatian Standard Language, he wrote the dialogues in the local dialect, to emphasise the importance of dialects in Croatian culture.

The first story in the collection, also his most famous one, Breza (Birch-tree) tells the story of a young peasant girl, Janica, who is at the tender age of 18 dying on her bed, while her wedded family just waits for her to die, because they are reluctant to call for a doctor (they do not believe in doctors and also can't afford one). While she is dying, the story takes us back a year before to find out how she got married and the hard life she has led ever since. Throughout the story, the author aims to show the hard life, economic disparity, lack of education, and superstition of the peasants, as well as local traditions in times of weddings, illness and death. This story was adapted into a famous feature movie.

The second story, Svoga tijela gospodar (His Own Body's Master), tells the story of an arranged, loveless marriage between two young people that leaves lasting consequences on everyone in the family, including the parents who arranged the marriage for the purpose of survival, knowing they will make their children unhappy for life.

The last two stories Kriza (Crisis) and Mi smo za pravicu (We Want Justice) speak about the crisis that hit the world in the 30s making the lives of already poor peasantry even worse. The last one takes place in 1935 when Croatians started developing a strong nationalistic sense, and there were already whispers of a possible war (the one that will become the Second World War) and change "for the better" in Croatia.

[Saša Karupović · Rating 4 out of 5]

Knjiga je dobra, napisana je starinski u to staro vreme. Priča prati čovjeka Marka koji se zaljubljuje u Janicu tj. Brezu. On nju nije volio nego je bio sa njom radi udovoljavanja šefu. Breza je bila vitka i lijepa za razliku od drugih žena koje su bile debele. Breza umire a Marko nalazi utjehu u drugim stvarima. Sve u svemu dobra knjiga. ☺️

[Vanja · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dobila zadatak da nađem humoristične dijelove. Ako je humoristično da je glavni lik umrla ili da se na kraju ubija njezin muž (nisan skroz sigurna, ali zadnja rečenica glasi " Objesio se, tužno i nemarno, onaj još jučer gizdavi brk."), onda stvarno ne znan ča da delan.

[Klara · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[ewa · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Issa · Rating 1 out of 5]

lektira.

[šone · Rating 2 out of 5]

lektira

[Dora · Rating 2 out of 5]

Molin se bogovima lektire da bude pozitivno jer ništa nisan razumila al ka ok je

[Katarina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Odbrojavo on lijepo da mu zena crkne da moze na svadbu ic mirne glave

[hanaizvulkana · Rating 3 out of 5]

lektira 8 raz, marko labudan cigo

[Book_reads321 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Marko samo ceko da krepa da moze da ide na svadbu. A na kraju mu bilo žao.
I da ovo mi je lektira

[Ema H. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jadna Janica s njim. 🥀🥀

[Marina Grgić · Rating 3 out of 5]

tužna priča,koju neću zaboraviti.

[Veronika · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was so bad I would give you a zero, but that's not possible so I give you a one

[lea.m.72 · Rating 5 out of 5]

MOJ BOŽE ZAŠTO SAM DOLUČILA IMATI OPSESIJU S OVOM KNJIGOM U OSNOVNOJ??
Breza by a Croatian author Slavko Kolar is about a woman named Janica, who just lost her child and fell greatly ill. This novella is described as sad, tragic but wickedly humorous. It shows all kinds of stories; how life was in rural areas in former Yugoslavia, how foolish the people's traditions were, how love was depicted and the tragic story of a woman loosing her child. Janica also had a husband, Marko, who at first didn't really care that she died, but later on we see him loosing his mind over it. This novella perfectly portrayed that loss. Kolar's writing and descriptions of these human emotion are immaculate. The wicked/dark humor throughthout the book keeps you sane. It was so interesting learning about different perspectives of human emotions and loss. The ending was also insane, how the metaphor was used. This is a one hell of a novella.

[Brigita · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's really short book and not much is happening in it. I don't like it and it is not really interesting.

[Vesna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Klasika. Lektira. Krhka plavokosa Janica (metafora breze) i krkan Marko (možda Mata?). Janica je umrla. Marku(?) je na kraju, ipak bilo malo žao. To je to.

[Megii · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really sad but beautiful in the same way

[majstoricamagije · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is too sad for me

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. I loved the writing style, it was so funny and easy to understand and the characters were great and distinct.

I only wish this was a novel rather than a short story with 27 pages. We could've seen so much and the death would mean so much more.


Overall a really enjoyable read