SERBIAN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S STORIES - Group of Authors

Before you, dear reader, is the third collection of Christmas and New Year's stories by I.K. Tennessee prepared for you. Our Christmas is different from any other. Only a few New Year's decorations shine in a rich town house, there are no wizards, reindeer and fairies, as evidenced by almost all the stories in this collection, but our Christmas has its own special solemnity and peace: a break from a hard life and finding meaning in the much guarded sanctuary. A cross, at any cost, even from the heel veins!

Christmas, as a sign of faith, which is carried in the heart, was and remains a sanctuary and hiding place of Serbian tradition. How important Christ is to the Serbs is also evidenced by the churches built by the Serbs in the "Turkish era": the churches grew underground, in the depths, when they could not tear the heavenly virtues. In the harshest winters in the city and in the countryside, the father of the family, often a poor man, goes to the forest to cut Christmas trees. And every writer leaves a special mark on the experience of Christmas, either from his childhood or from long ago. Oak branches and leaves, on which there is still gold dust, is our Christmas tree, and sparks and dry logs crackling in the fire are the sound of our Christmas.

These stories are not sweet, but they are all born in closeness, and as if they grow from ourselves, from our ancestors, strengthening the roots, and reaching, through understanding and connection, to the canopy, to the branches and the sky in which we will all spread one day. . And Serbian storytellers claim that Christmas can warm our hearts always and at any time.

Authors:

Borisav Stanković, Ivo Andrić, Janko Veselinović, Radoje Domanović, Jovan Sterija Popović, Isidora Sekulić, Veljko Petrović, Branko Ćopić, Miloš Crnjanski, Svetozar Ćorović, Branislav Nušić, Ivo Ćipiko, Milorad Pavić, Veljko Milićević, Stevan Sremac, Laza Lazić, Simo Matavulj, Milutin Uskoković, Ivana Dimić, Mladen S. Volarević, Ilija I. Vukićević, Mileta Jakšić, Labud Dragić, Momčilo Nastasijević...

• Category: Domestic stories and short stories
• Author: Group of authors
• Publisher: TANESI
• Letter: Cyrillic
• Connection: Brooch
• Year: 2020
• Format: 13x20
• Page: 380