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Historical literature
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Miloš Obilić
Miloš Obilić — Jovan Sterija Popović. In Miloš Obilić, honour is both a source of strength and a point of vulnerability. A hero who wants to free Serbia from foreign rule must answer an insult to his own name; a decision declared in public becomes an obligation that even love cannot easily restrain. Against his openness stand Branković’s envy, Negoda’s resourcefulness and Lazar’s willingness to believe a rumour once it takes the form of a letter.
Jovan Sterija PopovićDramaeBook · AudiobookSvetislav and Mileva
Svetislav and Mileva — Jovan Sterija Popović. In Svetislav and Mileva, peace arrives as a demand made upon a family. After the defeat at Kosovo, Milica and Stefan seek a way to preserve their country; the price Bajazit sets includes Mileva’s marriage. She becomes the point at which duty to the fatherland, maternal love and an existing pledge of love collide. The play conducts its political argument through conversations between people who love one another and nevertheless cause one another pain.
Jovan Sterija PopovićDramaeBook · AudiobookThe Vow
The Vow — Simo Matavulj. In The Vow, a word spoken within a family becomes an obligation reaching into love, religion and public life. Dubrovnik is more than a backdrop: aristocratic pride, memories of former independence, newspaper accusations and municipal elections enter the drawing room itself. Ivo tries to reconcile political conviction, his love for Milica and tenderness towards his ailing mother. What one person calls duty becomes another’s intolerable sacrifice.
Simo MatavuljDramaeBook · AudiobookUskok: The Fugitive
Uskok: The Fugitive — Simo Matavulj. A man escaping from Kotor climbs towards Montenegro at Christmas, carrying an imperial uniform beneath a borrowed coat and a past he cannot leave behind. The mountains offer him more than shelter. They offer a name, a place at the hearth and membership in a brotherhood. In Uskok, becoming one of a community is at once an act of generosity and an undertaking with consequences.
Simo MatavuljNoveleBook · Audiobook