en-US Sun, 26 Jun 2022 07:23:20 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 60727974 A mű a szerelem és a kötelesség csatája, melyben a kötelesség még a legnagyobb érzelem felett is győzedelmeskedni tud, mert a férfi tudja, hogy az igazi boldogság nem épülhet kötelességünk és a jobbik énünk megtagadására.
A lélek minden rezdüléséhez értő szerző emlékezetes műve ez a könyv, mely elolvasása után is még hosszú ideig tartó, maradandó élményként él bennünk.]]> 259 Emmanuel Roblès 9639459364 Никола 0 0.0 1961
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]]> 2906311
Nesvakidašnje uzbudljiv, sabran i promišljen susret s kulturom, tradicijom i svakodnevicom Istoka. Bajac u romanu Knjiga o bambusu pripoveda o tragovima kulture i istorije u svakodnevnom iskustvu, o neobičnim junacima u čijim se životima otkrivaju priče vanredne uzbudljivosti, lepote i životne mudrosti]]> 338 Vladislav Bajac 8639101833 Никола 0 to-read 4.47 1989
author: Vladislav Bajac
name: Никола
average rating: 4.47
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]]> 11723752
Masterfully intertwining the threads of waking and dreams into the fabric of the present, the past, and the future, Svetislav Basara’s Pynchon-esque The Cyclist Conspiracy is a bold, funny, and imaginative romp.]]> 280 Svetislav Basara 1934824585 Никола 0 to-read 3.97 1987
author: Svetislav Basara
name: Никола
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1987
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]]> 4607087
"Shvatio sam zašto su sve ptice zamukle. On je bio jedan, veliki, gore, iznad svih nas. Osećao sam se kao zaba. Mogao je sve, šta god je hteo. Nikad nisam bio beznačajniji. Bio sam mali, baš kao i moj zivot, i sve u meni, sve iluzije u meni, sve što me je cinilo. Sav onaj vazduh kojim sam bio ispunjen izbio je napolje. Telo mi je izdahnulo od straha i divljenja. Zaboravio sam na dvogled. Pukao je po mom mozgu i meni jednim laganim preletom preko svoje teritorije, taj orao. I upisao sam:
- Veliki zlatni orao; jedan, sam, veličanstven, ogroman, iznad Monte San Prima, nad jezerom Komo."]]> 212 Srđan Valjarević 8679632848 Никола 0 to-read 4.20 2006
author: Srđan Valjarević
name: Никола
average rating: 4.20
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]]> 672965 From the beloved author of All Quiet on the Western Front, Flotsam is a terrifying portrait of Europe as the Nazi shadow falls over the continent.

Political dissidents, Jews, medical students, petty criminals: Among the thousands of displaced persons traveling the unpaved roads of Europe, there are Steiner and Kern. Both have irritated officials for outstaying their two-week sojourn in Czechoslovakia. And so they must leave. Not that either has any place to go. Not in 1939. But when a man is led by a guard to the border of one country, he must try another. Until he is escorted from that one too.

Living hand-to-mouth, selling shoelaces and safety pins for a few pennies, Steiner and Kern find that, remarkably, there are still pleasures to be had. Paris, for one; love, for another. For amid the heartless cruelty and cold-blooded laws of the Nazi state, there is still humanity and kindness. And there is incomparable joy in falling in love, surviving, and telling your story so it is never forgotten.]]> 448 Erich Maria Remarque 0449912477 Никола 4 страни-класици 4.41 1939
author: Erich Maria Remarque
name: Никола
average rating: 4.41
book published: 1939
rating: 4
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]]> 40173505
Priča o jednoj kući, jednom gradu i dva sveta.

Nakon što je pred više od sto hiljada oduševljenih čitalaca sa svojim Fajrontom u Sarajevu osvojio književnu Ligu šampiona, Dr Nele Karajlić nam predstavlja svoj prvi pravi pravcati roman!

Dr Karajlić nas ovoga puta vodi u Beograd s početka dvadesetog veka, gde se odvija priča koju vam do sada niko nikada nije ispričao, a bez koje od sada neće moći da se zamisli nijedna ozbiljnija istorija grada na ušću Save u Dunav.

Spajajući najbolje sastojke južnoameričkog magijskog realizma i sarajevskog novog nadrealizma, Dr Karajlić nam pripoveda istoriju jedne kuće u dorćolskoj ulici i vodi nas u prostor sa druge strane ogledala, na samoj tromeđi života, smrti i večnosti.

Solunska 28 je uzbudljiv roman o uzbudljivim vremenima koji ćete čitati bez daha do poslednje stranice, a onda ćete želeti još.
Vule Žurić]]> 384 Nele Karajlić 8652129363 Никола 0 to-read 4.15 2018
author: Nele Karajlić
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average rating: 4.15
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]]> 205 Petar II Petrović Njegoš 863791070X Никола 0 3.88 1847
author: Petar II Petrović Njegoš
name: Никола
average rating: 3.88
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]]> 3210456 220 Danko Popović Никола 0 to-read 4.66 1985
author: Danko Popović
name: Никола
average rating: 4.66
book published: 1985
rating: 0
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]]> 11667576 159 Rodolphe Archibald Reiss 8660110374 Никола 0 4.36 1928
author: Rodolphe Archibald Reiss
name: Никола
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1928
rating: 0
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]]> 22590144
Pred nama je neodoljivo ispričana priča o odrastanju, sazrevanju i starenju u jednoj zemlji koja se krvavo raspala, a onda formirala slobodnu teritoriju u našim sećanjima.

Dr Nele Karajlić je jedan od najdragocenijih insajdera još neispričane priče o Jugoslaviji, koja je cela igrala rokenrol, čak i u nedelji kad je otišô Hase i kada je crkô maršal i kada nam se ženio Vukota!

Fajront u Sarajevu je jedan od onih rok-koncerata na kojima je dr Karajlić sa sebe skinuo sve, bacio se međ raju i ostavio na stejdžu i poslednju kap svog koševskog znoja.

Fajront u Sarajevu nije labudova pesma „najvećeg filozofa dvadesetog vijeka�� (Emir Kusturica), već maestralni nagoveštaj jedinstvene književne karijere.]]> 388 Nele Karajlić 8652115648 Никола 0 to-read 3.85 2014
author: Nele Karajlić
name: Никола
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]]> 6631104 (Pol R. Erlih, profesor na Univerzitetu Stenford)

Nijedan naučnik ne donosi više iskustava iz laboratorije i sa terena, nijedan ne razmišlja dublje o društvenim problemima, niti se njima bavi s većom jasnoćom, nego što to čini Džared Dajmond, a što ilustruje knjiga Mikrobi, puške i čelik. U ovoj izvanredno pitkoj knjizi on pokazuje kako istorija i biologija mogu uzajamno da se obogaćuju da bi donele dublje poimanje položaja ljudi.
(Edvard O. Vilson, profesor na Univerzitetu Harvard)

Jedno od najznačajnijih i najčitljivijih dela o prošlosti ljudi koje je objavljeno poslednjih godina...
(Kolin Renfru, profesor na Univerzitetu Kembridž)

Džared Dajmond argumentovano razbija oveštale stereotipe o razvoju ljudskih društava i pruža neočekivan i svež uvid u prošlost čovečanstva. Knjiga Mikrobi, puške i čelik prava je poslastica i nezaobilazno štivo za svakog duhovno radoznalog čitaoca.
(Aleksandar Palavestra, profesor na Filozofskom fakultetu u Beogradu)

Opčinjavajuća knjiga ... Postavlja temelj za razumevanje ljudske istorije.
(Bil Gejts)]]> 452 Jared Diamond 8677380094 Никола 0 to-read 4.02 1997
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]]> 91953 'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short'

Written during the chaos of the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan asks how, in a world of violence and horror, can we stop ourselves from descending into anarchy? Hobbes' case for a 'common-wealth' under a powerful sovereign - or 'Leviathan' - to enforce security and the rule of law, shocked his contemporaries, and his book was publicly burnt for sedition the moment it was published. But his penetrating work of political philosophy - now fully revised and with a new introduction for this edition - opened up questions about the nature of statecraft and society that influenced governments across the world.]]> 736 Thomas Hobbes 0140431950 Никола 0 to-read 3.71 1651
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name: Никола
average rating: 3.71
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]]> 5045718
Događaji u knjizi su fiktivni, realna je samo njihova mogućnost. Izbor Londonskog aerodroma Heathrow je slučajan. Ličnosti su takođe fiktivne. Izvesna fakta prilagođena su zahtevima priče, a priča opet tradicionalnim "pravilima igre" ovog paraliterarnog žanra.]]> 530 Borislav Pekić 8675600046 Никола 0 домаћи-класици, to-read 4.59 1983
author: Borislav Pekić
name: Никола
average rating: 4.59
book published: 1983
rating: 0
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]]> 4929 Kafka on the Shore, a tour de force of metaphysical reality, is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their odyssey, as mysterious to them as it is to us, is enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerizing events. Cats and people carry on conversations, a ghostlike pimp employs a Hegel-quoting prostitute, a forest harbors soldiers apparently unaged since World War II, and rainstorms of fish (and worse) fall from the sky. There is a brutal murder, with the identity of both victim and perpetrator a riddle—yet this, along with everything else, is eventually answered, just as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually revealed, with one escaping his fate entirely and the other given a fresh start on his own.]]> 467 Haruki Murakami 1400079276 Никола 0 to-read 4.14 2002
author: Haruki Murakami
name: Никола
average rating: 4.14
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]]> 17716 109 Samuel Beckett Никола 0 3.85 1952
author: Samuel Beckett
name: Никола
average rating: 3.85
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]]> 1679497 406 Meša Selimović 0810117134 Никола 0 to-read 4.66 1970
author: Meša Selimović
name: Никола
average rating: 4.66
book published: 1970
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]]> 17212231 ‘Seek and ye shall find.��

With these words echoing in his head, eminent Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of where he is or how he got there. Nor can he explain the origin of the macabre object that is found hidden in his belongings.

A threat to his life will propel him and a young doctor, Sienna Brooks, into a breakneck chase across the city of Florence. Only Langdon’s knowledge of hidden passageways and ancient secrets that lie behind its historic facade can save them from the clutches of their unknown pursuers.

With only a few lines from Dante’s dark and epic masterpiece, The Inferno, to guide them, they must decipher a sequence of codes buried deep within some of the most celebrated artefacts of the Renaissance �� sculptures, paintings, buildings �� to find the answers to a puzzle which may, or may not, help them save the world from a terrifying threat��

Set against an extraordinary landscape inspired by one of history’s most ominous literary classics, Inferno is Dan Brown’s most compelling and thought-provoking novel yet, a breathless race-against-time thriller that will grab you from page one and not let you go until you close the book.]]> 463 Dan Brown 0385537859 Никола 0 to-read 3.88 2013
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average rating: 3.88
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]]> 6251965
„Roman Kad su cvetale tikve spada u prekretnička dela od kojih počinju nove tendencije literarnog razvitka.�� Predrag Palavestra

„Kao što se odavno kod nas nije desilo, kritičari su osetili potrebu da povodom ove knjige govore o svojoj potresenosti, zapravo o onim osobinama Mihailovićeva pisanja koje izazivaju snažan čitalački doživljaj.�� Ljubiša Jeremić

„Roman Kad su cvetale tikve ima oblik monološke ispovesti: nekadašnja bokserska nada sa Dušanovca Ljuba Sretenović seća se događaja s kraja četrdesetih i početka pedesetih godina koji su ga oterali u emigrantsku čamu Švedske. Osnovna linija zapleta tiče se zbivanja u Ljubinoj porodici i njegovoj sportsko-ljubavničkoj karijeri, ali je sve to određeno i oplemenjeno pozadinom širih društvenih zbivanja. Mihailovićev roman je tako postao jedno od prvih umetničkih dela koja su dodirnula temu Informbiroa.�� Vladeta Janković

„U jednom trenutku kada su posle romana Kad su cvetale tikve ideološke strele bile usmerene na ovog pisca, na njegovoj strani bio je poslovično oprezni Ivo Andrić. Bila je to izrazita potvrda ne samo njegove kolegijalne solidarnosti sa piscem u kvrgama moćne ideologije, već i odbrana pisca u čiju je pripovedačku reč i književnu budućnost Andrić iskreno verovao.�� Petar Pijanović]]> 140 Dragoslav Mihailović 8690309152 Никола 4 4.10 1968
author: Dragoslav Mihailović
name: Никола
average rating: 4.10
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rating: 4
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]]> 6058 352 Erich Maria Remarque 1931541744 Никола 5 4.28 1931
author: Erich Maria Remarque
name: Никола
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1931
rating: 5
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]]> 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]> 96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 Никола 4 4.32 1943
author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
name: Никола
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1943
rating: 4
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]]> 125432 History and fate collide as the Nazis rise to power in The Night in Lisbon, a classic tale of survival from the renowned author of All Quiet on the Western Front.
��
With the world slowly sliding into war, it is crucial that enemies of the Reich flee Europe at once. But so many routes are closed, and so much money is needed. Then one night in Lisbon, as a poor young refugee gazes hungrily at a boat bound for America, a stranger approaches him with two tickets and a story to tell.
��
It is a harrowing tale of bravery and butchery, daring and death, in which the price of love is beyond measure and the legacy of evil is infinite. As the refugee listens spellbound to the desperate teller, in a matter of hours the two form a unique and unshakable bond—one that will last all their lives.]]> 272 Erich Maria Remarque 0449912434 Никола 4 страни-класици 4.33 1961
author: Erich Maria Remarque
name: Никола
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1961
rating: 4
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]]> 355697
In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the ‘glorious war��. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young ‘unknown soldier�� experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.]]> 296 Erich Maria Remarque 0449213943 Никола 5 страни-класици 4.04 1928
author: Erich Maria Remarque
name: Никола
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1928
rating: 5
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]]> 49552 The Stranger has long been considered a classic of twentieth-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its "100 Books of the Century" list. Through this story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on a sundrenched Algerian beach, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."]]> 123 Albert Camus Никола 3 4.04 1942
author: Albert Camus
name: Никола
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1942
rating: 3
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]]> 5107 It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school...

Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters—shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by pimps and cut down by erstwhile girlfriends. The city is beautiful and terrible, in all its neon loneliness and seedy glamour, its mingled sense of possibility and emptiness. Holden passes through it like a ghost, thinking always of his kid sister Phoebe, the only person who really understands him, and his determination to escape the phonies and find a life of true meaning.

The Catcher in the Rye is an all-time classic in coming-of-age literature- an elegy to teenage alienation, capturing the deeply human need for connection and the bewildering sense of loss as we leave childhood behind.

J.D. Salinger's (1919��2010) classic novel of teenage angst and rebellion was first published in 1951. The novel was included on Time's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. It was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It has been frequently challenged in the court for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and in the 1950's and 60's it was the novel that every teenage boy wants to read.]]> 277 J.D. Salinger 0316769177 Никола 4 страни-класици 3.81 1951
author: J.D. Salinger
name: Никола
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1951
rating: 4
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]]> 12857 The Gambler, Dostoevsky reaches the heights of drama with this stunning psychological portrait.]]> 188 Fyodor Dostoevsky Никола 0 to-read, страни-класици 3.95 1866
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name: Никола
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1866
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]]> 6754775
Knjiga je u celosti dostupna u docx formatu na sledecoj adresi:
]]> 252 Borisav Stanković 8684941284 Никола 2 3.85 1910
author: Borisav Stanković
name: Никола
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1910
rating: 2
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]]> 6419362
Ova "knjige mudrosti", "vrsta intimnih dnevnika", koje je Andri pisao celog ivota, smatraju se jedinstvenim u naoj knjievnosti i stoga jer je pisac u njima prvi put nedvosmisleno progovorio o sebi.
Dnevnicki u Andricevim Znakovima pored puta jeste kratki tekst koji se moze napisati u toku jednog dana, u kome pisac ispusuje trenutno raspolozenje, vidjenje neke pojave, licnosti, utisak sa puta ili misao koja ga preokupira. Godinama belezene i bez odredjenog reda pisane takve zapise pisac sabira u knjigu koja postaje ogledalo njegove duse, a ne dnevnik. Princip organizacije tekstova u knjizi nije tok vremena, kao sto je u klasicnom dnevniku, vec spontani rad duse koja zivo i osetljivo reaguje na svakodnevne posticaje i preradjuje ih u meditacije i vizije, u snimke predela i ljudi. Spontanost i neobaveznost glavna su odlika takvog, viseg, duhovnog dnevnika kakvi su Znakovi pored puta. Tekst u njima raste i razvija se kao organsko tkivo: jedan fragment naslanja se na drugi, a ovaj na sledeci i tako do u nedogled. Ta ogranicenost i spontano stapanje manjih tekstova u vece celine, delo, jedna je od glavnih odlika Andricevog radnog postupka.]]> 624 Ivo Andrić 8607017942 Никола 0 to-read, домаћи-класици 4.51 1964
author: Ivo Andrić
name: Никола
average rating: 4.51
book published: 1964
rating: 0
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]]> 12450244
...I mada je isti prostor po kome se junaci kreću, mada je takođe potpuno isti socijalni milje koji obrazuje okvire za njihove doživljaje, novo je mnogo toga. Pošto Vidojković piše jednu vrstu razvojnog romana, njegov junak je sada zreliji, iskušenja sa kojima se suočava su složenija, a u njegove doživljaje se sve češće uvlači melahnolija, taj pratilac svakog doživljaja ponavljanja stvari i pojava.

Pišući posebno ekspresivnim generacijskim jezikom, Marko Vidojković svom čitaocu nudi autentičnu sliku današnje mladosti i njenih iskušenja. On je tipičan primer urbanog senizbiliteta koji je srpskoj književnosti oduvek nedostajao.

U osobenom književnom svetu Marka Vidojkovića, ovaj roman je neka vrsta protesta junaka koji odrasta - protesta usamljenog i buntovnog srednjoškolca, u težnji za autentičnim životom koji mu je uskraćen. I melanholičan i duhovit, napisan ekspresivnim jezikom generacije kojoj autor pripada, roman "Đavo je moje drug" predstavlja snažan dijalog junaka sa realnim svetom i njegovim vrednostima.]]> 206 Marko Vidojković 8679633267 Никола 3 лако-штиво 3.53
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name: Никола
average rating: 3.53
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]]> 10512208 185 Marko Vidojković Никола 4 лако-штиво 3.40 2007
author: Marko Vidojković
name: Никола
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 8928012
„Svakome ko je voleo romane Marka Vidojkovića, taj samo strašću i smehom ublaženi overdouz sumračne stvarnosti Beograda, njegove će se priče učiniti poznatim i bliskim jer su nastanjene u istom tom svetu u permanentnom, nedovršenom raspadanju. A opet, biće mu i sasvim nove jer se Vidojković u pričama nesputanije igra, opuštenije pušta perverznoj mašti da ga vodi kuda ona hoće, a on će već nekako �� ili neće �� uhvatiti priključak. A kad ubode pravi akord, onda Marko V. žestoko tera do kraja: zato su ove priče nešto kao Vidojković u 100% koncentrovanom izdanju, pa vi sad vidite jeste li spremni za to!��

Teofil Pančić]]> 208 Marko Vidojković Никола 3 лако-штиво 3.42 2007
author: Marko Vidojković
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]]> 6130033 Radnja ove moderne bajke smeštena je u Beograd, u vreme građanskih protesta 1996-97. Vidojkovićev junak je student treće godine prava, fanatični učesnik protesta protiv izborne krađe. Izgladneo, odrpan i izneveren od ostatka sveta, on svakodnevno ide na demonstracije i bezglavo uleće u najopasnije situacije pomiren sa besmislom života. Sve će se promeniti kad upozna neobičnu devojku smeđe kose i odsečenih trepavica��. „�����Ի�ž���� na nov način govore o studentskom protestu devedesetih razobličujući ga do kraja, i bezobrazno promovišu princip revolucionarne pravde i pravilo da je u politici i ljubavi sve dozvoljeno... Marko Pantic]]> 249 Marko Vidojković Никола 4 лако-штиво 3.64 2004
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]]> 9648
In Keep the Aspidistra Flying, George Orwell has created a darkly compassionate satire to which anyone who has ever been oppressed by the lack of brass, or by the need to make it, will all too easily relate. He etches the ugly insanity of what Gordon calls "the money-world" in unflinching detail, but the satire has a second edge, too, and Gordon himself is scarcely heroic. In the course of his misadventures, we become grindingly aware that his radical solution to the problem of the money-world is no solution at all--that in his desperate reaction against a monstrous system, he has become something of a monster himself.

Orwell keeps both of his edges sharp to the very end--a "happy" ending that poses tough questions about just how happy it really is. That the book itself is not sour, but constantly fresh and frequently funny, is the result of Orwell's steady, unsentimental attention to the telling detail; his dry, quiet humor; his fascination with both the follies and the excellences of his characters; and his courageous refusal to embrace the comforts of any easy answer.]]> 297 George Orwell Никола 4 страни-класици 3.90 1936
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average rating: 3.90
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]]> 51070 272 Sue Townsend 0060533994 Никола 3 3.88 1982
author: Sue Townsend
name: Никола
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1982
rating: 3
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]]> 11553583
The novel is written in 1954. Ćamil, a wealthy young man of Smyrna living in the last years of the Ottoman Empire, is fascinated by the story of Džem, ill-fated brother of the Sultan Bajazet, who ruled Turkey in the fifteenth century. Ćamil, in his isolation, comes to believe that he is Džem, and that he shares his evil destiny: he is born to be a victim of the State. Because of his stories about Džem’s ambitions to overthrow his brother, Ćamil is arrested under suspicion of plotting against the Sultan. He is taken to a prison in Istanbul, where he tells his story, to Petar, a monk.

Out of these exotic materials, Andrić has constructed a book of great clarity, brevity and interest. No doubt it will be read by some as a political parable about the tyranny of the State, but also as a quite simply story about ill-fortune and human misunderstanding, fear and ignorance. Džem and Ćamil are doomed �� and the certainty of their persecution is sometimes relieved, sometimes intensified by the stupidity and fright of the people who cross their ill-starred lives.

Construction takes up most of the book’s space: the central story of Džem as related by Ćamil lasts only a chapter or two. For the rest of the time the reader strips layer off layer, as one narrator passes him on the next. There is an interesting passage that helps to explain this method, at the moment when Ćamil starts narrating Džem’s story in the first person. “I�� is a word, we are told, which fixes the position of the speaker in such a way that the exercise of will is no longer possible, and the speaker strength is exceeded �� strength, presumably, to break out of the identification that all his past actions and thoughts force upon him when he uses the word. “I�� is both a confession and an imprisonment. The fact that the novel passes the reader on from one narrator to the next rather suggests that the author is taking constant evasive action, lest he betray himself or his reader into the kind of “personal confession�� which seals the fate of Ćamil. What exactly this game of form flirting with meaning signifies, must be left to the individual reader.

The movement is centripetal, towards Džem’s story, and then disperses. Details within the story are made to mimic this form. Thus when Peter receives the message telling him of his impending release:

“Two younger prisoners...were chasing around using him as the centerpoint of ever narrowing circles. Annoyed, he tried to break away from these exuberant youths when one of them brushed against him and he felt a folded scrap of paper thrust into his hand. The youths continued their chase but now in widening circles...��

The reader is led on just such a chase in the course of the novel. The effect of this is to make the plot seem more like a poetic image than an ordinary plot: capable, therefore, of as many meanings as are the images of an allusive poem. Yet the language is simple and direct, not at all “poetic��. The characters are remarkable alive, even in conversation. Karađoz, the governor of the goal, is a spidery authoritarian, who loves to torment the charges he loves. The prisoners “complained about the way one complains about one’s life and curses one’s destiny...it would have been hard for them to imagine life without him��.

“The Devil’s Yard�� is justified, as all symbolic and figurative novels must be, by the extent to which it touches the emotions. It is extremely moving. Fear, horror, despair, amusement at times �� all these indicate that the threat of the meaning has been recognized.]]> 120 Ivo Andrić Никола 4 домаћи-класици 4.30 1954
author: Ivo Andrić
name: Никола
average rating: 4.30
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rating: 4
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]]> 113304
Befriended by a gang of street children and their mysterious leader, the Thief Lord, they shelter in an old, disused cinema. On their trail is a bungling detective, obsessed with disguises and the health of his pet tortoises. But a greater threat to the boys' new-found freedom is something from a forgotten past �� a beautiful magical treasure with the power to spin time itself.]]> 350 Cornelia Funke 1903434777 Никола 4 3.99 2000
author: Cornelia Funke
name: Никола
average rating: 3.99
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]]> 865 197 Paulo Coelho 0061122416 Никола 0 to-read, страни-класици 3.85 1988
author: Paulo Coelho
name: Никола
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1988
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]]> 77203 371 Khaled Hosseini 159463193X Никола 4 данашња-књижевност 4.34 2003
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: Никола
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 5470 328 George Orwell Никола 0 to-read, страни-класици 4.15 1949
author: George Orwell
name: Никола
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1949
rating: 0
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]]> 38501 288 Charles Bukowski 006117758X Никола 3 лако-штиво 4.17 1982
author: Charles Bukowski
name: Никола
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1982
rating: 3
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]]> 7613
The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.

One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones' Manor Farm assemble in a barn to hear old Major, a pig, describe a dream he had about a world where all animals live free from the tyranny of their human masters. Old Major dies soon after the meeting, but the animals �� inspired by his philosophy of Animalism �� plot a rebellion against Jones.

Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, prove themselves important figures and planners of this dangerous enterprise. When Jones forgets to feed the animals, the revolution occurs, and Jones and his men are chased off the farm. Manor Farm is renamed Animal Farm, and the Seven Commandments of Animalism are painted on the barn wall...]]> 129 George Orwell Никола 5 омиљено, страни-класици 3.90 1945
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name: Никола
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1945
rating: 5
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]]> 3551225 264 Momo Kapor Никола 5 лако-штиво, домаћи-класици 4.11 1975
author: Momo Kapor
name: Никола
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1975
rating: 5
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]]> 960
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church.

Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.
Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair...a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.]]> 736 Dan Brown 1416524797 Никола 4 данашња-књижевност 3.95 2000
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name: Никола
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> 11125 This an alternate cover for 9780552151696

When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage...not by guns or bombs, but by a code so ingeniously complex that if released it would cripple U.S. intelligence.

Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Susan Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves.

From the underground hallways of power to the skyscrapers of Tokyo to the towering cathedrals of Spain, a desperate race unfolds. It is a battle for survival--a crucial bid to destroy a creation of inconceivable genius...an impregnable code-writing formula that threatens to obliterate the post-cold war balance of power. Forever.]]> 510 Dan Brown Никола 4 данашња-књижевност 3.70 1998
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average rating: 3.70
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]]> 5974286 Kada je učiteljica otišla u varoš, na njezinom mjesto dolazi učitelj kojeg su dječaci prozvali paprika. Učitelj je jako maltretirao i tukao djecu tako da su djeca počela bježati od škole. Vođa dječaka je bio Jovanče a osim njega tu su bili Lazar Mačak, Stric, Đoko Potrk, Nikolca prikolca i djevojčica Lunja.

U Prokinom gaju oni su napravili jedan logor pod nazivom Tepsija. Tu su bježali iz škole i družili se po čitav dan. Jednog dana Lazar Mačak i Jovanče su otkrili prolaz u jednu podzemnu špilju. Kada se učitelj paprika požalio Knezu da djeca ne dolaze u školu, zajedno sa poljarem Lijanom i roditeljima organizirali su potjeru i pronašli su skrovište djece.
Zahvaljujući što su sreli Nikoletinu Bursaća oslobađaju djecu i odluče da odu u vareš da pronađu učiteljicu Lanu. Uskoro počinje rat. Dječaci koji su se do jučer igrali postaju aktivni učesnici i svjedoci tog rata. Oni pomažu partizanima i otkrivaju im tajnu pećinu. Oni učestvuju u obrani svog sela zajedno sa borcima i postaju partizanski kuriri. Na kraju odlaze u rat s nadom da će se ponovo vratiti u Prokinom gaju i u svoj logor Tepsiju.]]> 158 Branko Ćopić 8683695050 Никола 4 домаћи-класици 4.33 1957
author: Branko Ćopić
name: Никола
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1957
rating: 4
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]]> 3140 The Bridge on the Drina earned Ivo Andric the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961.

A great stone bridge built three centuries ago in the heart of the Balkans by a Grand Vezir of the Ottoman Empire dominates the setting of Andric's stunning novel. Spanning generations, nationalities, and creeds, the bridge stands witness to the countless lives played out upon it: Radisav, the workman, who tries to hinder its construction and is impaled on its highest point; to the lovely Fata, who throws herself from its parapet to escape a loveless marriage; to Milan, the gambler, who risks everything in one last game on the bridge with the devil his opponent; to Fedun, the young soldier, who pays for a moment of spring forgetfulness with his life. War finally destroys the span, and with it the last descendant of that family to which the Grand Vezir confided the care of his pious bequest - the bridge.]]> 314 Ivo Andrić 0226020452 Никола 4 домаћи-класици 4.34 1945
author: Ivo Andrić
name: Никола
average rating: 4.34
book published: 1945
rating: 4
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]]> 10357575 The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.

A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 —“Q is for ‘question mark.�� A world that bears a question.�� Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project. He becomes so wrapped up with the work and its unusual author that, soon, his previously placid life begins to come unraveled.

As Aomame’s and Tengo’s narratives converge over the course of this single year, we learn of the profound and tangled connections that bind them ever closer: a beautiful, dyslexic teenage girl with a unique vision; a mysterious religious cult that instigated a shoot-out with the metropolitan police; a reclusive, wealthy dowager who runs a shelter for abused women; a hideously ugly private investigator; a mild-mannered yet ruthlessly efficient bodyguard; and a peculiarly insistent television-fee collector.

A love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia to rival George Orwell’s �� 1Q84 is Haruki Murakami’s most ambitious undertaking yet: an instant best seller in his native Japan, and a tremendous feat of imagination from one of our most revered contemporary writers.]]> 944 Haruki Murakami 0307593312 Никола 0 to-read 3.94 2009
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average rating: 3.94
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]]> 17803 In After Dark—a gripping novel of late night encounters—Murakami’s trademark humor and psychological insight are distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery.

Nineteen-year-old Mari is waiting out the night in an anonymous Denny’s when she meets a young man who insists he knows her older sister, thus setting her on an odyssey through the sleeping city. In the space of a single night, the lives of a diverse cast of Tokyo residents—models, prostitutes, mobsters, and musicians—collide in a world suspended between fantasy and reality. Utterly enchanting and infused with surrealism, After Dark is a thrilling account of the magical hours separating midnight from dawn.]]> 191 Haruki Murakami 0307265838 Никола 4 3.75 2004
author: Haruki Murakami
name: Никола
average rating: 3.75
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]]> 11297
A magnificent blending of the music, the mood, and the ethos that was the sixties with the story of one college student's romantic coming of age, Norwegian Wood brilliantly recaptures a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love.]]> 296 Haruki Murakami 0375704027 Никола 5 омиљено 4.01 1987
author: Haruki Murakami
name: Никола
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1987
rating: 5
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Written with the same overwhelming simplicity and directness that made All Quiet on the Western Front a classic, Three Comrades portrays the greatness of the human spirit, manifested through characters who must find the inner resources to live in a world they did not make, but must endure.]]> 496 Erich Maria Remarque 0449912426 Никола 5 страни-класици, омиљено 4.49 1936
author: Erich Maria Remarque
name: Никола
average rating: 4.49
book published: 1936
rating: 5
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