Summary
Svetislav Basara: Abomination
Isn't it better, he said, that out of this completely destroyed and devastated Serbia, the worst place to die in Europe, but also beyond, we make a place where it will be a pleasure to die, a Serbia in which - when we exterminate it, disinfect it, paint it, let's clean it and put it in order - the rich dying from all over Europe gather so that here, in Serbia, they can die in peace, so to speak high foot, as in the 19th century they died in style in Marienbad and other fashionable European spas. Serbia, the right place for your death, Serbia, your last destination, that's how our advertising message on CNN could read, said Đinđić, a man with a refined sense of humor. If we can't do without death, said the joker Đinđić, let's make a business out of death.
Mandarić and Masleša, the two main characters of this novel, deal with Serbian primitivism and mentality, but this time the collective depravity is embodied in recent political psychopathology, which adds new, manic features to the characterization of man in another of Basara's merciless satires. people. Their understanding of democratic Serbia is basically the same, only their reactions to the resulting era supposedly freed from single-mindedness are different: one protagonist, torn between euphoria and depression, is attacked by bipolar disorder, while the other tries to calm him down and convince him that this is a fate we cannot avoid.
In the background of their dialogue, which will make readers cry and leave a bitter taste in their mouths, will be the character of Zoran Đinđić, a man who, in the opinion of both protagonist, embarked on a futile plan to bring his countrymen. in some kind of order.
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