Green dress (painting of the day) / Zelena haljina (slika dana)

You would have already seen this painting, if you follow me on Instagram. Greenery vibes and that sort of thing. I'm quite happy about this whole 'green' for Spring trend, in case you can't tell. The lady illustrated is wearing a green dress with flare sleeves, but you can really see the entire dress because I didn't painted all of it. Anyway,  'nevermore' inscription is, as you probably can guess, a reference to  a famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Speaking of American writers I've just finished World's End by T.C. Boyle. This novel won the PEN/Faulkner award in 1988. It is certainly a well written work of fiction, but very demanding on the reader. You have to concentrate hard while reading  if you want to be able to follow the story. If your mind wanders a bit so that you miss a sentence or God forbid a passage, you will have to go back to reread it. If you don't feel like you can commit to the reading process fully at the moment, forget about this novel. Don't expect it to offer any definite answers either. This is more a novel that will make you think than one that will give you any finite answers. It is a difficult read, but one that's worth the effort in the end- naturally assuming that you like this sort of novels. However, it is rather bleak, so don't pick it up if you're feeling down at the moment. There will probably be a review on my other blog sooner or later (maybe even today if I find the time).

Već ste vidjeli ovu, ako me pratite na Instagramu. Zelene boje su u trendu i tako to. Ako niste primijetili, jako me veseli ovaj trend zelene boje. Dama koju sam ovdje ilustrirala nosi zelenu haljinu sa širokim rukavima, mada samu haljinu ne možete vidjeti cijelu jer je nisam cijelu nacrtala. Uglavnom, napis "nevermore" u prijevodu "nikad više", aluzija je na poznatu pjesmu Edgara Allana Poe-a. Kad već spominjem američkoga pisca, upravo sam dovršila čitati World's End (nisam upoznata postoji li prijevod djela)  T.C. Boyle-a. Roman je osvojio PEN/Faulkner nagradu 1988.godine. Svakako se radi o sjajno napisanom djelu, ali zatjeva puno od čitatelja. Morate se stvarno koncentrirati dok čitate ako želite pratiti priču. Odluta li vam um imalo, tako da propustite rečenicu ili ne daj Bože odlomak, morat ćete taj dio pročitati ispočetka. Ako se ne možete posve predati procesu čitanja u ovom trenutku, zaboravite ovaj roman. Ne očekujte od njega neke odlučne odgovore, on je više roman koji će vam potaknuti na razmišljanje nego neki koji će vam dati  konačne odgovore.. Nije lak za čitanje, ali se trud isplati- naravno pod uvjetom da volite takve romane.  No, poprilično je  tmuran, izbjegavajte ga ako se ne osjećate najbolje. Vjerovatno ću napisat ogled na drugom blogu prije ili kasnije, a možda čak i danas ako nađem vremena za to. 

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