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Laza Lazarević
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At the Well
At the Well — Laza Lazarević. A flask hangs from a plum tree for any passer-by to drink from. This small act of hospitality introduces a household so large that the narrator compares it to an army. Its work is shared, its welcome elaborate, and its hierarchy almost unquestioned. Into that order comes Anoka, a young bride accustomed to having her own way.
Laza LazarevićShort storyeBookHe Knows Everything!
He Knows Everything! — Laza Lazarević. The boy who frightens his schoolmates fears only his elder brother. From that small contradiction Lazarević builds a story about affection that has trouble speaking its own name. Vučko's recklessness is almost a public institution; Vidak's authority seems equally settled. Yet the narrator's cheerful recollections keep disturbing the labels he puts on people.
Laza LazarevićShort storyeBookMy First Morning Service with Father
My First Morning Service with Father — Laza Lazarević. A son recalls the night his father's gambling brought the family to ruin. His mother's courage and tenderness restore hope as the church bells announce morning prayers. This complete English translation adapts character names while retaining the Serbian setting and customs.
Laza LazarevićShort storyeBookThe People Will Gild It All
The People Will Gild It All — Laza Lazarević. Two men wait for an overdue steamboat on the Sava. Blagoje the coppersmith expects his son home from the war; Captain Tanasije Jeličić is waiting for his wife. For each, the boat’s arrival promises an answer to questions he can scarcely bear any longer. Conversation, silence, memories and mistaken sounds fill the hours.
Laza LazarevićShort storyeBook · AudiobookThe School Icon
The School Icon — Laza Lazarević. “Our village had a church, and the church had a priest.” From this deceptively simple beginning, Lazarević builds a world in which authority, affection and daily work seem inseparable. The priest belongs to everyone, and everyone belongs, in some measure, to him. When a daughter comes unexpectedly into his life, the village helps to raise her. Her future becomes its shared hope.
Laza LazarevićShort storyeBookThe Wind
The Wind — Laza Lazarević. Janko lives comfortably with his mother and thinks of marriage as something that time and chance will arrange. A visit to the hospital where his friend Joca works brings him face to face with suffering he cannot readily explain away. Recognition, gratitude and desire begin to unsettle the language in which he understands his own life.
Laza LazarevićShort storyeBook · AudiobookWerther
Werther — Laza Lazarević. A spa is a place to recover one’s health, and an excellent place to lose one’s perspective. Lazarević begins by comparing a fashionable visit to the baths with a war: both demand preparation, waste money and end in negotiations at home. Among the officers, officials, card players and self-appointed experts stands Janko, a thirty-year-old man whose feelings still expect the world to behave like a novel.
Laza LazarevićShort storyeBook