Mirisi, zlato i tamjan

Mirisi, zlato i tamjan

Slobodan Novak

A novel by Croatian writer Slobodan Novak, written in 1967 and published in 1968. It is one of the most highly regarded novels in Croatian literature in general. It is often cited as an example of existentialist literature. It is told through the monologu

The novel "Scents, Gold and Incense" is rich in meaning. It intertwines life and legend, myth and reality, atheism and hypertrophied religiosity. It is a book about disappointment in the world and people, about nausea and disgust, about a man who has lost the meaning of life, about lost illusions. The main character's borderline existential situation is marked by anxiety, precisely the Sartrean metaphor of disgust, approaching oneself and distancing oneself from oneself, a hopeless Godot-like waiting: Mali waits for "a life that could come when a death that does not come comes." For him, living means "constantly choosing the crueler alternative." This feverish dialogue with one's own conscience, full of disturbing moralism, is the pinnacle of Croatian existentialist prose.

Editor
Duško Car
Graphics design
Jelena Musić
Dimensions
20 x 14 cm
Pages
183
Publisher
Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1980.
 
Latin alphabet. Paperback.
Language: Croatian.

Multiple copies are available

Copy number 1

Condition:Used, excellent condition

Copy number 2

Condition:Used, excellent condition

Copy number 3

Condition:Used, excellent condition
 

Are you interested in another book? You can search the offer using our search engine or browse books by category.

You may also be interested in these titles

Mirisi, zlato i tamjan

Mirisi, zlato i tamjan

Slobodan Novak

Fragrances, gold and incense is a novel rich in meanings. It intertwines life and legend, mythical and real, atheism and hypertrophied religiosity.

Večernji list, 2004.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
2.76 - 4.99
Izgubljeni zavičaj / Dolutali metak

Izgubljeni zavičaj / Dolutali metak

Slobodan Novak

A short novel or a longer story, Izgubljeni zavičaj (1955), established Novak as one of the most important writers of Croatian existentialism.

Zora, 1969.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
7.12
Republika 1951/3

Republika 1951/3

Marin Franičević, Vladimir Kovačić, Slobodan Novak, Dušan Ćurčija, Ervin Šinko, Slavko Vukosavlje...
Republika, 1951.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
6.82
Kristalna ruda svemira

Kristalna ruda svemira

Višnja Stahuljak
Zrinski, 1978.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
2.50
Kurlani: Gornji i Donji

Kurlani: Gornji i Donji

Mirko Božić

A post-war novel, the so-called native prose, published in 1952, a revised version dates from 1956, the first part of the "Kurlan trilogy" (followed by "Neisplakani", 1955 and "Tijela i duhovi", 1981) by the Croatian playwright, short story writer and nov

Večernji list, 2004.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
2.48 - 2.76
Krilati konjanik

Krilati konjanik

Jure Kaštelan
Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske, 1991.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
11.36