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Readings of books from the region and beyond.
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Najbolje je već prošlo: The Anguish of a Betrayed Generation
"Najbolje je već prošlo" is Danilo Stojić's award-winning story collection about the anxiety of a disillusioned generation caught between Yugoslavia's legacy and capitalist present-day Serbia. The review praises it as a formally mature, convincing book that captures the spirit of the age, singling out the assured use of contemporary urban slang as genuine characterization rather than decoration. It notes a possible limitation in the recurring introspective, cynical male voice.
- Short stories
- Society & politics
Noćni autobus: Beyond the Yugo-Wardrobe
A collection of twenty-three stories grouped into three sections — Childhood, Summer, and Dream — that moves from autobiographical fiction toward magical realism while confronting the marginalization of minorities, LGBTQ+ persecution, and the traumas of 1990s Macedonia. The review credits the book's thematic ambition and firm conceptual structure, but finds its language too plain and its style underdeveloped, missing the chance to stand out through more figurative writing.
- Short stories
- Society & politics