Summary
Srđan Dragojević: Pasha
"A Balkan western that Sergio Leone would film after an endless game of poker in Cetinje." - Dejan Stojiljkovic "At the beginning of the novel, after a night out, the cadets of the Saint-Cyr Military Academy - Nikola Petrović, the future prince of Montenegro, and Osman Pasha, the future Turkish general, gallop through the dark streets of Paris. The whole world is under the hooves of their horses as youthful laughter echoes along the Boulevard Clichy. Ten years later, they meet on the battlefield at the Battle of Vučje Dol, where the Montenegrins beat the Turkish army to the ground. Osman Pasha was captured and taken to Cetinje, where he lives, drinks, gambles and awaits redemption under the protection of Prince Nikola. This is the story of Pasha Srđan Dragojević's novel, in which the characters change in a moment, and the tension rises in the parade of characters of the diplomatic corps and local dignitaries. - Dragojević "Dragojević wrote a mercilessly witty, fast and playful novel - historical nonsense. An instructive read, because if we took national histories less seriously, this world would be a better place." - Mirjana Đurđević
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