SIMPLE STORIES FROM THE SOLČAVA MOUNTAINS

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15,00 € JOŽA VRŠNIK

PAGES: 192
FORMAT: 115 MM X 200 MM
BINDING: SOFTBACK
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2011

Description

JOŽA PEER OF PD. ROBANOV JOŽA (1900-1973) IS NOT AN UNKNOWN NAME IN THE SLOVENIAN PUBLIC, AS HE ADVERTISED FOR MANY YEARS IN PLANINSKI VESTNIK, LOVCE AND KMEČKE GLAS WITH LITTLE ARTICLES ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES IN NATURE. HE ALWAYS RAISED HIS VOICE WHEN IT WAS NECESSARY TO DEFEND THE DEFENCE OF NATURE, ESPECIALLY ROBANOV KOTO. IN EVERYDAY LIFE, HE WAS RESERVED AND HUMILE, HE NEVER THOUGHT OF PUBLISHING HIS WRITINGS IN BOOKS, AS HE WROTE THEM FIRST FOR HIMSELF, OUT OF DEVOTION TO THE TRADITION OF HIS NEAR HOMELAND, ""IN A MIRROR OF THOSE DAYS AND IN MEMORY"". HE DIDN'T HAVE A LARGE EDUCATION, BUT THROUGH TALENT, CLEAR OBSERVATION AND IN COMMUNITY WITH NATURE, HE GAINED LIFE'S WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT. HE HAD A SENSE FOR THE BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE, FOR SIMPLE AND AT THE SAME TIME PICTURES OF EXPRESSION, CHARACTERISTIC OF FOLK SPEECH. IN PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, HE WAS TELLING LESS, BUT HE KNEW HOW TO WRITE BEAUTIFULLY. THE STORIES WE PRESENTED HERE ARE AT THE SAME TIME WITNESSES TO HIS CREATIVITY AND GIFT FOR NARRATIVELY RESTORING THE TRADITION OF THE SOLČAV SURROUNDINGS. WITHOUT HIS DEDICATION, MUCH WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST FOREVER BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY UNKNOWN TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION. JOŽA LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO OBSERVE HOW LIFE CHANGED AND HOW FATAL THE TURNING POINTS WERE - LIKE THE LAST WAR - FOR THE HUMAN TRADITION.
THE STORIES ARE CLASSIFIED BY CONTENT INTO SEVERAL CHAPTERS. THE TEXT WAS ALMOST UNTOUCHED, IT WAS PAINTED AND CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR HIMSELF, AS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE SURVIVED COPIES. ALTHOUGH SOME WORDS MAY SEEM UNUSUAL TO SOMEONE AND THE SENTENCE CONNECTION DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE ARE USED TO, WE DID NOT WANT TO CHANGE IT, SO THAT THE STYLE OF THE ORIGINAL WOULD BE PRESERVED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THE INSPIRATION OF THE NATIVE DIALECT, AGAINST THE SOMETIMES TIRED PAPERLESSNESS OF MODERN WRITING.
THE CONTENT OF ROBAN'S WRITINGS IS SO VARIOUS THAT THE BOOK WILL BE INTERESTING NOT ONLY FOR HOMELANDERS AND NATURE LOVERS, BUT ALSO FOR ETHNOLOGISTS AND, LASTLY, FOR LINGUISTS, AS IT ALSO CONTAINS A SPECIAL DICTIONARY OF DIALECTS AND OTHER LESS KNOWN WORDS, AS WELL AS A COLLECTION OF PROVERBS AND SAYS WITH EXPLANATIONS.