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U celokupnoj istoriji srpske knjizevnosti retko je zabelezeno da se neko sa tako malim knjizevnim opusom svrsta medju najznacajnije prozne stvaraoce. Sa svega devet dovrsenih pripovedaka, Lazarevicu je to poslo za rukom. Ovaj tvorac psiholoske pripovetke i zacetnik realizma u srpskoj knjizevnosti, za teme svojih pripovedaka najcesce uzima patrijarhalnu sredinu, porodicu, rodoljublje, neostvarene ljubavi, sudbine intelektualaca. Njegovi junaci dozivljavaju unutrasnje nemire i krize, ali su na kraju ipak uvek spremni da, zarad ocuvanja porodice i tradicije, zrtvuju sve, pa cak i sopstvenu srecu.
Ova zbirka predstavlja izbor od osam dovrsenih Lazarevicevih pripovedaka, objavljenih za pisceva života: Prvi put s ocem na jutrenje (1879), Skolska ikona (1879), U dobri cas hajduci (1880), Na bunaru (1881), Verter (1881), Sve ce to narod pozlatiti (1882), Vetar (1888) i Ona zna sve! (1889).
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With only a handful of stories, Laza Lazarevic changed the course of Serbian prose. This selection gathers eight finished works-family dramas, love undone by duty, the quiet heroism of doctors and teachers-written in the clear, exact style that made him the father of the psychological short story. The conflicts are intimate but consequential: a son and his stern father at dawn, a village at a well, a nation learning itself through private conscience. A superb entry point to a writer whose brevity is matched only by his depth.
