Borislav Bora Stankovic

In memoriam

Writer. His characters are complexly constructed, with powerful internal conflicts between contradictory motives. The narrative is styled from the immediate proximity of the main hero, often from his consciousness, which through introspection leads to man's earliest, most deeply suppressed experiences. No one so bravely delved into the spiritual and sensory life of man as he did in his novel "Tainted Blood" nor did anyone so dramatically show the relation between collective proscription which culture imposes on man and the individual, both emotionally and bodily. As such, the body of the main heroine Sofka is shown in movement, with constant changes and with an abundance of sensation which had not been present in earlier prose. An entire little-known world of urban old Balkan culture is also revealed. "Tainted Blood" is the first Serbian novel which received favourable critiques in its translations into several European languages. His second novel, "Master Mladen," almost all his narratives, and the often performed drama "Kostana," are all linked to the little town of Vranje in the far southern part of Serbia.

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