„Goldberg & Rozalinda“
Nova Poetika, Beograd, 2014. 442 pages
A lthough the book has been written in the first person, and the main character bears the real name of the author, "GOLDBERG AND ROZALINDA" is not merely an autobiographical novel.
It is rather stock-taking of memories that influenced the author to build his own moral, intellectual and emotional values. The author was a very sensitive child who was exposed to mega-traumas caused by destruction and killings during the Second World War, and the Yugoslav revolution.
His memories unfurl while the members of the Communist Party at the Belgrade Institute for International Politics and Economy, discuss his acceptance to the Party.
Rista Stijoviå, The Dying Swan.
The inspirational Larousse.
As he grew up in the social environment of Belgrade suburb of Čubura, he socialized mostly with the local Gypsies. Those new friendships helped him to overcome problems of puberty with less trauma, while eavesdropping on the conversations between his father and one of the revolutionary generals made him digest the chaos of everyday life. Even sex loses its devilish stamp and the author, now a young man, bravely plunges into new temptations.
His stay in London, where he worked at Foyles opened a completely new chapter in his life. New experiences, both in politics and in sex, redirected his life to new goals.
Yuletide festivities in 1936.
100 meters dash.
W&G Foyles in London.
Kalemegdan, the Belgrade fortress.
After the performance of Pigmalion.
A first edition of Shakespear's works.
Classmates in 1952.
Triglav, the highest peak of Yugoslavia.