Tako neka bude: Between History and the Present

Robert Međurečan's ambitious novel relocates its story to first-century Judea, following Eleazar, a priest's son turned prophet-hunter, to explore messianism and divine authority in a tradition of anti-gospel reinterpretations alongside Saramago and Kazantzakis. The review credits the sharp, rhythmic prose and thematic reach, but finds the writing too direct and lacking aesthetic distance. It judges the ending, a Judas parallel, oversimplified, leaving the book provocative yet not fully realized.

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