Mrka kapa
Mrka kapa is a book of short prose written under the pseudonym Aristid Teofanović, used by Slobodan Blagojević. Blagojević is also known by the heteronym Anhel Antonić (poetry) and other works under his real name.
The book is divided into three thematic units:
- Grammatical errors – linguistic, stylistic and logical "errors" as a satire on social and political rhetoric, bureaucracy, media and everyday absurdity.
- Incomplete table of instinctual elements – more introspective, psychological texts about instincts, desire, frustration, eros and thanatos; a mixture of erotic, existential and cynical.
- Traffic jam – urban chaos, war and post-war context (1990s, break-up of Yugoslavia), migrations, identity crises; fragments of life in the "traffic jam" of history and exile.
The style is ironic, sarcastic, fragmentary, often darkly humorous and provocative. The texts are short, sharp, with elements of absurdity, parody and self-irony – typical Feral spirit (satire, criticism of nationalism, war madness, transitional chaos). It does not have a linear plot; is more of a collection of "notes", aphorisms in prose, vignettes and mini-essays.
Blagojević addresses the themes of the senselessness of war, exile, linguistic manipulation, sexuality as an escape, criticism of social norms and "mrka kapa" - metaphors for a dark, sad or absurd fate (the term "mrka kapa" in the vernacular means something bad, ruin or no way out).
The book is part of Blagojević's opus from the 1990s/2000s, similar to Letters to the Capital Newspaper (1992/2001) - satirical, anti-war, intellectually sharp prose. Today rare in second-hand stores, appreciated among fans of Feral and post-Yugoslav satirical literature.
One copy is available
