Pepelište: novela

Abstract

Roman „Pepelište" baziran je na stvarnim događajima koji su se odigrali na Savskoj obali u Beogradu, posebno tokom marta meseca 1943. godine. Autor u ovoj knjizi postavlja ključna etička pitanja današnjice, pitanja krivice i lične odgovornosti za zločine u naše ime, o našim poimanjima moralnih relacija krvnika i žrtve, te kolektivnog pamćenja i opraštanja. Pepelište je pripovest o sramotnom događaju o kojem se ćutalo preko 70 godina, o kojem se ni dan danas ne govori dovoljno. To je opominjuća povest iz naše istorije, iz vremena kada nije samo ljudski život izgubio vrednost, već i sećanje na njega. Roman ne nudi reviziju oficijelne istoriografije, on je autentično, uznemiravajuće svedočanstvo o zlu i pohlepi ali i o ljubavi i žrtvovanju. Glavni junak knjige, Gavrilo Seferović, ne želi da, kao ostali, okrene glavu i skrene pogled, on ne želi niti može da zaboravi bližnje, prijatelje, komšije. Njegova odluka ne predstavlja samo hrabrost bivšeg oficira, nego jedini mogući čin dostojan čoveka. Čin lišen svake ideologije.

The novel "The Ashesplace" is based on actual events on the Sava River in Belgrade, especially during March 1943. In this book, the author asks today's key ethical questions, guilt and personal responsibility for crimes in our name, our concepts of moral relations between the executioner and the victim, and collective memory and forgiveness. "The Ashesplace" is the story of a shameful event that was kept silent for over 70 years, and is not talked about enough even today. It is a warning from our history, from a time when not only human life lost its value, but also the memory of it. The novel does not offer a revision of official historiography, it is an authentic, disturbing testimony of evil and greed, but also of love and sacrifice. The main character of the book, Gavrilo Seferović, does not want to, like the others, turn his head and look away, he does not want and cannot forget his loved ones, friends, and neighbours. His decision represents not only the courage of a former officer but the only possible act worthy of a man. An act devoid of any ideology.