OVER THE BROKEN ROOFS -
Daniela Vasiljevic
Short stories
I met Danijela 15 minutes
before the book promotion’s beginning. And we easily understood each other. But
perhaps the understanding was there before we even met.
Everyday’s life gets a
whole new dimension when it’s literally embodied. Gaps, random events, rainy
days, unspoken words - it all gets a chance for reaching a deeper meaning if
enters the story. The power of literature is revealed in a story "The Meeting"
- a neither day is missed if it was the basis for developing story.
Author's sentences are
short and effective, and everything superfluous has been removed from the
stories. There is a visible effort to reach the final content’s and form’s
perfection. In a novel some week paragraph would have passed unnoticed, but
that would’t be the case in a short story. The author is aware of that, and so
she hones stories till the moment when she can say - this is it.
Chapter titles are intriguing as the unfinished thoughts which will be completed by the stories that follow.
The form of storytelling is interesting - adverbs give the neutrality, so the
events are described less personal and more general.
The stories are rich -
each of them requires effort of understanding before you get the pleasure of
reading.
Frequent motifs: the boundaries that characters set for themselves - they stay in their own little
closed circle of life, without change; oldness and death – presented in
unsentimental way; mystery of human relationships; the serenity of nature ...
There isn't any predominant motif, the collection is marked by the width in
motifs and themes. Some stories that I would like to emphasize:
"The Metamorphosis"
- natural and naturalistic image of falling in love, the transformation is in a
stomach: worm-caterpillar-butterfly.
"The Wedding" -
a romantic and a little bit grotesque wedding picture.
"Matches" - a
story filled with an old-fashion village atmosphere, as well as the other
stories from the cycle "Tales of the Green Cabinet."
"The Overseas Ship"
- the story about a dream that is dearer than reality.
"The Knife" - a
great story about violence and murder.
"Last Story" -
witty and true.
Stories from the same
thematic circle "Showcase", "Dump", "Freedom" are excellent real short stories, compelling and profound. Especially the story
"Showcase". These stories are elusive, difficult to describe, to
define or classify. The only good option is – to read and experience them.
Most of the stories from
the collection belong to realism, and some have elements of fantasy. The lady
author should allow herself more entrance into the fantastic area.
For me, the best stories in
„Over the Broken Roofs“ are those that flirt with fantastic and mysticism, as
well as those in which is given a bright picture of nature. If I would have to
single out something that I do not like it, it would be – an afterword of the
critique.
I look forward to the
future Danijela’s book and can’t wait to see the direction of her literary
travel.
IZNAD PADINE IZLOMLJENIH
KROVOVA – Danijela Vasiljević
Kratke priče
Danijelu sam upoznala 15
minuta pre početka književne večeri. I odmah smo se skontale. Ali verovatno smo
se skontale još i pre nego što smo se poznavale. Evo nekih razmišljanja o
njenoj prvoj knjizi.
Svakodnevica dobija
sasvim novu dimenziju kad je literarno uobličena. Praznina, slučajni događaji,
kišni dani, neizgovorene reči – sve to dobija šansu za smisao ukoliko uđe u
priču. Moć književnosti otkriva se u priči „Sastanak“ – nijedan dan nije
promašen ako je bio osnova za nastanak priče.
Autorkine rečenice su
kratke i efektne, a iz priča je odstranjeno sve što je suvišno. Vidljiv je trud
da se dođe do konačnog sadržaja i oblika. U nekom romanu slab pasus bi prošao
neprimećeno, ali u kratkoj priči bi štrčao i upadao u oči. Autorka je toga
svesna i zato brusi svoje priče do trenutka kada može da kaže – to je to.
Zanimljivi su naslovi
poglavlja, kao neodvršene misli koje će dovršiti priče koje slede. Zanimljiv
je i oblik pripovedanja – prilozi dodaju
neutralnost i čine opisano zbivanje manje ličnim, a više opštim.
Priče su bogate – svaka
zahteva trud čitanja pre nego što se dođe do uživanja u pročitanom.
Česti motivi: granice
koje likovi sebi postavljaju – oni ostaju u svom malom zatvorenom krugu i životu
bez promene; starost i smrt – nesentimentalno prikazane; zagonetnost ljudskih
relacija; vedrina prirode... Nema preovlađujućeg motiva, zbirka se odlikuje
motivskom širinom. Izdvojićemo neke od priča:
„Preobražaj“ – prirodna i
naturalistička slika zaljubljivanja, pri kom se dešava preobražaj u stomaku:
crv-gusenica-leptir.
„Svadba“ – romantična i pomalo
groteskna slika venčanja.
„Palidrvce“ – priča ispunjena
atmosferom sela i starih vremena, kao i ostale priče iz ciklusa „Priče zelenog
kredendca“.
„Prekookeanski brod“ –
priča o snu koji je draži od stvarnosti.
„Nož“ – odlična priča o
nasilju i ubistvu.
„Poslednja priča“ –
duhovita i tačna.
Priče iz istog tematskog kruga
„Izlog“, „Smetlište“, „Sloboda“ – odlične, prave kratke priče, efektne i
duboke. Naročito priča „Izlog“. Neuhvatljive su, teško ih je opisati, definisati
i svrstati. Jedino je moguće – pročitati ih i doživeti.
Većina priča pripada
realizmu, a u nekima ima elemenata fantastike. Autorka bi sebi više trebalo da
dozvoli ulazak u fantastiku.
Meni se najviše sviđaju
priče koje koketiraju sa fantastikom i mističnošću, kao i priče u kojima ima
vedrih slika prirode. Ako bi trebalo da izdvojim nešto što mi se ne sviđa, to
bi bio – pogovor.
Radujem se Danijelinoj
budućoj knjizi i zanima me pravac u kom će u njoj otputovati.
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