Biblioteka HIT • Humor and Satire

Stric Josif

Veikko Huovinen

Knjiga Stric Josif (1988.) satirična je zbirka od 15 priča o životu Josifa Staljina, koju finski pisac i šumarski stručnjak (1927.–2009.) piše kao "sjećanja suvremenika". Pouka djela je da moć korumpira, a satira liječi traume povijesti.

Huovinen, poznat po realizmu, pacifizmu i humoru (kao u Godini zeca), ovdje miješa povijesne činjenice s fikcijom, prikazujući Staljina od dječaštva do smrti – od siromašnog obućara i bogoslavca do krvoločnog diktatora.

Priče prate ključne epizode: djetinjstvo u Gruziji, revolucionarne dane, ubojstvo supruge Nadežde (maskirano kao samoubojstvo), čistke i paranoju. Fikcionalni dodaci poput Staljinove afričke lovne ekspedicije (gdje puši mahorku u stolici od slonovačkih klova) ili interes za prirodne znanosti naglašavaju apsurd njegove moći. Jedna priča opisuje lov na "Sekwa ka khofeni hutshena" – izmišljenu životinju, simbolizirajući kolonijalnu okrutnost.

Satira kritizira despotizam, pohlepu i autoritarizam, uspoređujući Staljina s modernim liderima poput Putina. Huovinenov humor je crn i ironičan, s obrnutom empatijom – čitatelj se smije, ali i užasava nad brutalnošću. Jezik majstorski s danas politički nekorektnim stavovima i izrazima, odražavajući 1980-e. Knjiga, poput Veitikke o Hitleru, obogaćuje Huovinenov ciklus o "mahtimiesten".

Original title

Joe-setä: Aikalaisen kertomuksia Josef Stalinista

Translation

Siiri Alakorva, Dragutin Balagović

Editor

Zlatko Crnković

Graphics design

Alfred Pal

Dimensions

20 x 12 cm

Pages

161

Publisher

Znanje, Zagreb, 1992.

Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.

Language: Croatian.

ISBN

8-63-130242-2

Two copies are available

Copy number 1

Condition:Used, very good condition

Copy number 2

Condition:Used, excellent condition

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