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Krvavo zeleno
Strahinja Vukić je talentovani daltonistični slikar koji sa 12 godina postaje žrtva zličina. Trauma koju je doživeo motiviše ga da postane religiozan i smatra da je jedini spas njegove duše u slikanju religioznih motiva. 14 godina kasnije, u modelu koji mu pozira na krstu, u visokom crkvenom poglavaru i pre svega prijatelju, prepoznaje svog napadača.
221 pages, Paperback
First published August 20, 2015
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Ivan Bačić
2 books12 followersRođen sam u Vrbasu, jer Kula 1986. godine nije imala porodilište, a, po svemu sudeći, neće ga skoro ni imati.Kao dete prosvetnog radnika vrlo rano sam bio uveden u svet knjiga, ali sam ga na neko vreme ipak bio napustio. Našao sam se u ludim godinama i još luđem vremenu čiji me je tok povukao na svoje dno. Ne bih sada detaljno o tome. Prihvatite samo da sam bio lud, nešto manje nego sada. Ipak, pored sve te ludosti, nekako sam uspeo da završim srednju elektrotehničku školu „Mihajlo Pupin“ u Kuli, a nešto kasnije, upisao sam i završio Pedagoški fakultet u Somboru.
Sombor je za mene bio isto što hipi pokret za zapadnu civilizaciju. Doživeo sam potpuni preobražaj, setio se nekih vrednosti kojima sam bio naučen u najranijem detinjstvu i vratio se knjigama. Od onda živimo u simbiozi. Štaviše, uložio sam skromni doprinos popunjavanju srpske biblioteke; napisao sam KRVAVO ZELENO, roman koji je u avgustu 2015. godine objavljen u izdavačkoj kući Nova POETIKA - Argus Books&Magazines. Pre toga, Somborski list Avangrad, objavio je moju kratku priču – KNJIGA BEZ KORICA.
To bi, ukratko, bila moja skromna biografija. Međutim, ostaje ljubav za knjigama i želja da ih ljudima predstavim onako kako ih sam doživljavam; onako strastveno i fanatično. Stoga, odlučio sam pišem blog o knjigama, o onima koji su ih stvarali, ali i o onima koji su ih samo voleli isto ili više nego što ih ja volim.
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I was born in Vrbas, because in 1986 Kula didn’t have a maternity ward, and, in all likelihood, there will not be one anytime soon.
As a child of a teacher, I was introduced to the world of books pretty early on. However, I abandoned that world during a period in my life – I was caught in insane years and even more insane times which took me down its madness, hitting its rock bottom. I prefer not getting into the details. Just accept the fact that I was mad, a little less than at this very moment. Despite all of that madness, I somehow managed to graduate from a high school called “Mihajlo Pupin” in Kula, and sometime after that, I enrolled and graduated from a program at the Faculty of Education in Sombor.
Sombor, for me, was what the hippie movement was for the Western civilization. I experienced a complete transformation, remembering some of the values that I was taught at a very early age and so I returned to the world of books. Since then, we live in symbiosis. Moreover, I made a modest contribution to the Serbian libraries; I wrote “Krvavo zeleno” (Bloody Green), a novel which was released in August 2015, by the publishing house Nova Poetika – Argus Books & Magazines. Before that, the Sombor cultural paper Avangrad published my short story “Knjiga bez korica” (A book without binding).
Sombor je za mene bio isto što hipi pokret za zapadnu civilizaciju. Doživeo sam potpuni preobražaj, setio se nekih vrednosti kojima sam bio naučen u najranijem detinjstvu i vratio se knjigama. Od onda živimo u simbiozi. Štaviše, uložio sam skromni doprinos popunjavanju srpske biblioteke; napisao sam KRVAVO ZELENO, roman koji je u avgustu 2015. godine objavljen u izdavačkoj kući Nova POETIKA - Argus Books&Magazines. Pre toga, Somborski list Avangrad, objavio je moju kratku priču – KNJIGA BEZ KORICA.
To bi, ukratko, bila moja skromna biografija. Međutim, ostaje ljubav za knjigama i želja da ih ljudima predstavim onako kako ih sam doživljavam; onako strastveno i fanatično. Stoga, odlučio sam pišem blog o knjigama, o onima koji su ih stvarali, ali i o onima koji su ih samo voleli isto ili više nego što ih ja volim.
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I was born in Vrbas, because in 1986 Kula didn’t have a maternity ward, and, in all likelihood, there will not be one anytime soon.
As a child of a teacher, I was introduced to the world of books pretty early on. However, I abandoned that world during a period in my life – I was caught in insane years and even more insane times which took me down its madness, hitting its rock bottom. I prefer not getting into the details. Just accept the fact that I was mad, a little less than at this very moment. Despite all of that madness, I somehow managed to graduate from a high school called “Mihajlo Pupin” in Kula, and sometime after that, I enrolled and graduated from a program at the Faculty of Education in Sombor.
Sombor, for me, was what the hippie movement was for the Western civilization. I experienced a complete transformation, remembering some of the values that I was taught at a very early age and so I returned to the world of books. Since then, we live in symbiosis. Moreover, I made a modest contribution to the Serbian libraries; I wrote “Krvavo zeleno” (Bloody Green), a novel which was released in August 2015, by the publishing house Nova Poetika – Argus Books & Magazines. Before that, the Sombor cultural paper Avangrad published my short story “Knjiga bez korica” (A book without binding).
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April 29, 2019
I’d love to rate this book high as the plot and characters showed such good promise. However the direct translation of this piece, with no editing or proof reading in English and a misuse of phraseology, language & grammar etc of the English language, resulted in a stiff and stilted staccato (non) flow as well as misunderstanding much of the story. The story became disjointed early on. This causes the reader to stop and re-interpret the meaning of so many ideas, phrases and statements. I doubt many readers would opt to do this for more than the first couple of chapters before giving it up altogether. Added to this a complete duplication of some chapters and/or pages is also present (e.g. Section Agnus Dei chapter IV & V).
If Mr I. Bacic/Miller opts for a rewrite to a Version 2.0, with a perfect English editor and proof-reader I’m sure this book would be better received by a far wider audience in the global English-speaking, reading, community.
If Mr I. Bacic/Miller opts for a rewrite to a Version 2.0, with a perfect English editor and proof-reader I’m sure this book would be better received by a far wider audience in the global English-speaking, reading, community.
July 22, 2020
Pročitao knjigu... ne baš u dahu, jer iako je napisana tako da te vuče da je pročitaš u danu, meni su trebale male pauze da bih sve lepo ,,svario ''.
Pohvale za pisca, jer je uspeo da tužnu, tešku i potresnu životnu priču glavnog junaka ispripoveda tako da proživljavamo i saosećamo sa njim čitajući svaki novi red knjige.
Puno događaja i raznih likova koji su međusobno upleteni, kod mene je izazivalo znatiželju i zainteresovanost da se priča otkrije do kraja.
Sve u svemu... PREPORUKA ZA ČITANJE!
Sve najbolje u novim poduhvatima!
Pohvale za pisca, jer je uspeo da tužnu, tešku i potresnu životnu priču glavnog junaka ispripoveda tako da proživljavamo i saosećamo sa njim čitajući svaki novi red knjige.
Puno događaja i raznih likova koji su međusobno upleteni, kod mene je izazivalo znatiželju i zainteresovanost da se priča otkrije do kraja.
Sve u svemu... PREPORUKA ZA ČITANJE!
Sve najbolje u novim poduhvatima!
March 13, 2019
Good story. Too many foreign references for me to really enjoy the book
October 14, 2019
Tek sam poceo da citam, jako je zanimljiv roman !
March 7, 2024
Odličan roman! Zanimljivo je što priča počinje od kraja, i raspliće kao klupko, pa u krug. Roman ne smiruje i ne pruža mir i utehu, već stvara nelagodu. Baš zbog toga, navodi na dalje čitanje. Jedan vojvođanski ep sa zanimljivom premisom - preporuka!
March 16, 2019
The story revolves around a boy named Strahinya Vukic. This book does not start with some suspense or build up towards a scene, but with an instant shock and I love it. I admire how there was an allude of such intensity and dramatic effect right at the beginning. You tend to have a knee jerk reactions and get hooked instantly. The shock etches a certain curiosity in the minds of the readers to know about the series of events that let to the author to take such drastic steps.
Ivan provides a terminology meaning section at the end of the book, I suggest that you go through it before you read the book as it's really helpful.
Although, Ivan is the true author of the book- Bloody Green, he adds another person in his book who is supposedly the author of Bloody Green which is based of a case he handled as an Investigator in Hungarian police. You should truly appreciate Ivan's ability to pull this off.
The lead of the book is a boy who is color blind and although most of the story in the book revolves around his life, it is not written from a single person narrative. Every chapter and every story is interlinked to each other. Each chapter description is vast and vivid and may seem completely unrelated, but Ivan manages to interconnect all of these chapters by going back and forth with the stories and lead up to the section he wants to tell and it all makes complete sense.
During the initial course of the story, Strahinya is interrogated from a hospital bed about the various events that come to pass in his life since his childhood. He recollects all the tragic events that unfolds and takes place and your heart goes out to him. Death in the family and friends that shatters your heart is just the tip of an ice berg. Ivan has a unique way of introducing new characters and linking them to old ones and it's like solving a jigsaw puzzle when it all clicks. There are several other parts of the book which is not about Strahinya like a friends father, a soldier blowing away all his money and leaving family which leads his friend to grow into a drug addict and the life expedition he goes through. Strahinya's lover and so many other integrated characters.
This novel is not your regular thriller, it doesn't make you think what next? It takes you on a journey of new discoveries and learning. Ivan is not your average author. He is extremely skilled author who knows how to use human beings emotional quotient and bring tears into his readers eyes. This book is truly advanced and you really have to follow the story with keen interest and intensity to truly catch up (which comes to you naturally as this book gets you hooked!) This book was truthfully an emotional roller coaster and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was on my toes most of the time, inquisitive to know what happens next. I honestly empathized with each and every character in the book and began to see life in a new light. The sequence of events that reveals itself throughout the book, one after the other are filled with unexpected shocks. Just when you think that you have come to make peace with the tragedy that recently unfolded before your eyes, Ivan slaps you with a new one and the cycle of digesting these events and being slapped with the new ones continue.
Jokes apart, Ivan has done a brilliant job with this book. I would truly recommend this book to everyone. This book left me thinking about it for several days and very few books have this effect on me.
Ivan provides a terminology meaning section at the end of the book, I suggest that you go through it before you read the book as it's really helpful.
Although, Ivan is the true author of the book- Bloody Green, he adds another person in his book who is supposedly the author of Bloody Green which is based of a case he handled as an Investigator in Hungarian police. You should truly appreciate Ivan's ability to pull this off.
The lead of the book is a boy who is color blind and although most of the story in the book revolves around his life, it is not written from a single person narrative. Every chapter and every story is interlinked to each other. Each chapter description is vast and vivid and may seem completely unrelated, but Ivan manages to interconnect all of these chapters by going back and forth with the stories and lead up to the section he wants to tell and it all makes complete sense.
During the initial course of the story, Strahinya is interrogated from a hospital bed about the various events that come to pass in his life since his childhood. He recollects all the tragic events that unfolds and takes place and your heart goes out to him. Death in the family and friends that shatters your heart is just the tip of an ice berg. Ivan has a unique way of introducing new characters and linking them to old ones and it's like solving a jigsaw puzzle when it all clicks. There are several other parts of the book which is not about Strahinya like a friends father, a soldier blowing away all his money and leaving family which leads his friend to grow into a drug addict and the life expedition he goes through. Strahinya's lover and so many other integrated characters.
This novel is not your regular thriller, it doesn't make you think what next? It takes you on a journey of new discoveries and learning. Ivan is not your average author. He is extremely skilled author who knows how to use human beings emotional quotient and bring tears into his readers eyes. This book is truly advanced and you really have to follow the story with keen interest and intensity to truly catch up (which comes to you naturally as this book gets you hooked!) This book was truthfully an emotional roller coaster and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was on my toes most of the time, inquisitive to know what happens next. I honestly empathized with each and every character in the book and began to see life in a new light. The sequence of events that reveals itself throughout the book, one after the other are filled with unexpected shocks. Just when you think that you have come to make peace with the tragedy that recently unfolded before your eyes, Ivan slaps you with a new one and the cycle of digesting these events and being slapped with the new ones continue.
Jokes apart, Ivan has done a brilliant job with this book. I would truly recommend this book to everyone. This book left me thinking about it for several days and very few books have this effect on me.
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