Bijela vrana u crnim rukavicama: Humoreske i satire

The book The White Crow in Black Gloves is a selection of short humorous and satirical stories that Fadil Hadžić published in various magazines, most notably in the Start magazine. In them, the author, with his recognizable style — simple, direct, and sharp — exposes the social and political absurdities of the time, while at the same time preserving warmth and compassion for the common man.

Hadžić's satire does not strike harshly; it works with fine irony and lucid humor born from everyday life. His characters — civil servants, intellectuals, petty opportunists, and self-proclaimed moralists — represent a mirror of a society in which hypocrisy, pretense, and conformity have become the rule.

The collection confirms Hadžić as one of the wittiest and most sensitive chroniclers of post-war Croatian reality. Through cheerfulness and laughter, he offers a subtle but sharp critique of society, transforming satire into the art of observing man with understanding and distance.