Bosna i Hercegovina: Budućnost nezavršenog rata
A joint work by two leading Croatian intellectuals, an essayistic portrait of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a country where the war of the 1990s did not end – it lives in political disintegration, ethnic divisions and cultural impotence.
The book, divided into three parts, combines personal testimony with analytical depth, offering a vision of the future without illusions. The first part, "Alone in Bosnia" by Miljenko Jergović, an essayistic introduction places Lovrenović's work in the context of culture and politics of the last 25 years: from the siege of Sarajevo to exile, Jergović analyzes how Bosnia has become "alone in itself" - isolated, but magnetic for those seeking meaning in chaos. The second part, a biographical essay on Lovrenović, traces his journey from his Sarajevo childhood, through war trauma and journalistic struggle, to his role as a chronicler of a lost land.
The core is the third part: "21 Theses on Bosnia and Herzegovina" by Ivan Lovrenović, a sharp analysis of the modern history of Bosnia. Lovrenović argues that Bosnia is not a multicultural society, but a distinct culture - a fusion of three languages, religions and identities - but that the wartime Dayton Agreement has strengthened ethnic cages, preventing true sovereignty. The theses criticize national interests (Serbian secessionism, Croatian revisionism, Bosniak centralism) and call for a federalism that recognizes differences but builds unity. The war is not over because it lives in constitutional paralysis, corruption and emigration – the future depends on the courage for change.
The work is healing for those who love Bosnia: without pathos, full of empathy and irony, it reminds us that it is a country of "unfinished war" and an unfulfilled dream.
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