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PORTRAIT OF A SOUL (PORTRET DUŠE), A NOVEL BY MIRO GAVRAN

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 Hello readers and fellow bloggers! In this post, I'll review The Portrait of a Soul , a novel by Croatian author Miro Gavran. I've read this book in the original language it was published in, but you can read it a translation (including English). No contemporary Croatian writer is as widely or successfully translated as Gavran, so if you're looking for a contemporary Croatian read, look no further.  What is this novel about? Well, as the title implies, it's a Portrait of a Soul. Perhaps a better title would be- A Portrait of a Feminine Soul , for this novel explores the lives of seven women. In fact, since it is concerned with the inner life of seven female protagonists, perhaps it should be called- Portraits of Souls.  However, perhaps the author wanted to stress an individuality of the portrait making. You see, there's a man connecting all of these women- and he's a painter named Benjamin. Every woman protagonist in this novels gets painted by Benjamin who s...