Roditelji kućnih ljubimaca
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- Author: Vučković Milica
- Publisher: Laguna
- ISBN: 9788652162031
- Availability: Available
- Condition: New book
- Code: 84766
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Roditelji kućnih ljubimaca
Vučković Milica
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Milica Vučković: Parents of pets
From the author of the novel *Death from sports injuries* Benny drives at night on the highways of Eastern Europe, smokes too much and visits pet stores giving motivational speeches about the happiness of dogs and cats, although he does not believe in the products he sells or the sentences he repeats. Hotel rooms, gas stations, fluorescent lights and endless conversations with colleagues – both entertaining and exhausting – make up his everyday life. At the same time, far from the country she left in the hope that life would have more meaning elsewhere, Maria tries to maintain the semblance of an orderly life with her surgeon husband, who turns every dinner into a stage for his own monologues. Around them are lined up people tired of work, marriage, ambitions and assigned roles, all equally eager for the closeness they lack. Between family lunches, business presentations, funeral ceremonies, night drives and memories that never fade, Milica Vučković writes precisely, tenderly and wittily about contemporary loneliness. With a keen sense of the absurdity of everyday life, the author recognizes the unpleasant, yet painfully close: parents who "love their children the most in the world" and never hear them; adults trapped in platitudes about productivity and success; partners who share routines and hobbies instead of feelings; and children who learn too early not to ask for – and not to expect – anything. "A layered and deep, exciting and dynamic story populated by a multitude of believably formed characters whose fates we care about even at moments when they themselves seem to care about nothing anymore. The life of the main character Benny is eventful, yet devoid of meaning; a reliable and slightly ironic narrative guides us through his attempts to find that meaning, only to inevitably lead us to confront the question we share with Benny: how did we allow ourselves to become so incurably alone?” – Zoran Paunović
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- Author: Vučković Milica
- Publisher: Laguna
- Year of publication:2026
- Place of publication:Beograd
- Pages:200
- Dimensions:13x20 cm
- Script:Latin script
- Condition:New book
- Binding:Softcover
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