The Final Departure: Julian Barnes and the Architecture of the Last Word
By Ilija Šaula
Lately, the name Julian Barnes has been surfacing in the media with unusual frequency, sparking a mix of celebration and quiet concern. This sudden surge in attention—marking his 80th birthday and the release of what he calls his final book—caught my attention and prompted a deeper reflection. Having long admired the precision of his prose, particularly in The Sense of an Ending, ...
“A SHORT THEORY OF EVERYTHING” – A PROVOCATION AND A SHIFT
(*Saša Radonjić – A Short Theory of Everything (novel, SF anti‑adventure) – SOLARIS, Novi Sad, 2025)
By Ilija Šaula
There are books you read, books you interpret, and books that happen to you. A Short Theory of Everything by Saša Radonjić belongs to this third category. It is not merely a novel, but a process — a space in which the author, the character, the reader, and the residue between them ...
A House That Is a Home
(Aleksandra Đorđević: At the Edge of the World, a House “Književni esnaf” – series Word and Meaning, Belgrade, 2025)
By Željka Avrić
After three published novels and a book of poetry, the writer, essayist, and translator Aleksandra Đorđević returns to her readers with a collection of short prose, At the Edge of the World, a House. Fourteen short stories, fourteen different thematic and motivational choices, settings and temporal frameworks, atmospheres, characters, and their interrelations ...
