Kipci i popevke / V suncu i senci / Po dragomu kraju
Dragutin M. Domjanić
Domjanić's most famous collection of Kajkavian songs was first published in Zagreb in 1917 by the Croatian Writers' Association. A second, bibliophile edition of the collection was published for Christmas 1922.
The book presents a representative cross-section of Domjanić's lyric poetry: Kajkavian and Štokavian poems marked by intimacy, melancholy, love for the homeland, and musical softness of expression. The collection shows his range from elegy to cheerful fol
As one of the rare poets of today who has avoided the trap of so-called 'realistic' or 'narrative' poetry, Asmir Kujović has offered a kind of aesthetic guide from the anxiety of the 20th century in all his poetic works to date.
The intense saturation and density of this poetry make it impossible to read this book in one sitting. It must be taken slowly and measuredly, as each poem requires a longer process of reception.
Fraktura, 2019.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.