Vladan Radoman
Published on 02/19,2009
When Zorica suggested that I should support her idea of this Book Drive, I was a bit surprised.
What is the use in "Giving Words" in the country where one third of its population is half literate, one quarter completely illiterate and the rest of the people read only the books written by the writers who are "in.?"Zorica is the one of the most productive modern poetesses of her "middle-aged generation." How can one ripen, fruitful cherry, or apple tree be middle-aged? In the arts time cannot be measured by some ordinary notion of "age." The spring time of a poet is as infinite as a word in his/her poem. To be a poet in the time of the political and economic uncertainty is madness.
I salute Zorica and I join all of those who believe that the success is ahead of her. Thanks to Zorica’s idea for this book drive Darujmo Rec, Anna Karenina will "ride in" some remote village’s classroom, Guy de Maupassant will "dock" his boat "Bel ami" in the arbor on the Danube river and the young shepherds will read the books while tending sheep in the meadows.
What is the use in "Giving Words" in the country where one third of its population is half literate, one quarter completely illiterate and the rest of the people read only the books written by the writers who are "in.?"Zorica is the one of the most productive modern poetesses of her "middle-aged generation." How can one ripen, fruitful cherry, or apple tree be middle-aged? In the arts time cannot be measured by some ordinary notion of "age." The spring time of a poet is as infinite as a word in his/her poem. To be a poet in the time of the political and economic uncertainty is madness.
I salute Zorica and I join all of those who believe that the success is ahead of her. Thanks to Zorica’s idea for this book drive Darujmo Rec, Anna Karenina will "ride in" some remote village’s classroom, Guy de Maupassant will "dock" his boat "Bel ami" in the arbor on the Danube river and the young shepherds will read the books while tending sheep in the meadows.
English translation by Jelena Pavlović