Second sex second time in Serbia

Ok, I am about to conclude my story on Second sex jubilee, 60 years since it was launched.
Started to like the book and the author better than before writing.
Writing is pure cannibalism, I always thought.

Beauvoir, Sartre and the rest of us

2.Sex book is my task for the end of the week. Will appear in Serbia again 2010, publishing house Plavi jahac. First edition 1982, but just because the script was held in the draw of the chief editor who was no eager to publish it. Huge success in ex Jugoslavija, almost bestseller, considered sacred book- challenge you to find you the book in antiques shop.
My story will appear next week. Like this kind of stories, recreating specific patches of cultural history in Serbia. Everyone needs it- seniors to regain self respect, juniors to start loving their tortured and devastated homeland and it's interesting and unique cultural past.
There is catch with this kind of complex stories - they haunt you. Journalist, lets say writer is always prey of identifications - so I am driven one more time to rethink why the woman and man can't share same amount of freedom at the some time. There is never enough for both of them.
Nowadays De Beauvoir strange sexual habits are not secret, not even the thing Sartre was real predator and womanizer.But still, he was the object of infinite adoration, for her. Heavy.
Their pact is kind o modern fairytale, grand style, challenging. But, don't we all girls long for a male to whom we can come back from time to time to rejuvenate faith in deep emotional belonging, without formal woes which always appear to be not so committing. This is best anti rides treatment, hah! Make you able to maintain that high horse position and look for the real thing as long as it takes and more important- as long as you want.

For my Brazilian friend

so finally there is catch why to write a blog. Because I have friend reader. Rare one to whom I was brought by common interest in special section of feminine writing.
Lately, after all I've been through examining feminine perspective in literature, not just Serbian, made me tired and disappointed.For number of reasons it is false, inadequate
We can't say women are entitled to better understanding or experiencing or describing issues.But,they are different and to be respected for this mater and let alone. My late friend, Zarana Papic. who died recently gave me the only valid definition of feminism/ it is battle for human individuality, in this case feminine individuality. Period.
So I excluded nowadays everything in connection with feminine studies in Serbia.
But, then all came back to me from unexpected direction, from my young, sophisticated Brazilian friend, writer, journalist, sociologist. She seems genuinely thrilled with this stuff and brings me new old perspective, because I believe her.

Sada malo srpskog za početnike i sve ostale.
Sajam knjiga.

Prvi utisak je pozitivan, nisu me gurali i gnjavili, nisu vidljivo visile bubice iz ušiju, nije bilo preterano montiranih ribetina za odlikaše, jesu suknje bile kratke tu i tamo ali je sve bilo cool i intelektualno, sa ukočenim osmesima i udaranjem po leđima. Svakako je bilo važno biti viđen na manifetaciji.
Ja viđena. Or something. Padali i komplimenti. A što bih se ja zbabala a sve cveta?
Naravno, u prolazu laki i teški gossip, to ne mogu da pamtim. Izvinjavam se Danilu Nikoliću, koga sam videla samo izdaleka.Vi me niste videli, ali pozdrav vam dugujem.

Dragan Velikić primetio da u izdavačkom lancu od knjiga žive svi sem pisaca- knjižari, prelamači, vozači...S tim se valjda valja pomiriti. Malo ko živi od knjiga, sem Braun Dena i sl.

Sajam je pravo mesto za samopromociju i mesto za valjanje marketinških patcheva.
Počasni štand Grčke bio je aposultno najprijatnije mesto. Lepi ljudi, lep koktel, prijatna uzdržanost, dirljiva, vekovna pristojnost. ne sliče nam Grci previše, šta god mi mislili.

Izdavači, koje dobro poznajem, viđam preko godine, neki od njih su mi tražili i rukopis, neki su mi bili saputnici - na sajmu su nedodirljivi. Predstavnici vlasti i izdavači iz tog prstena moći otskakali su po pozi, kao i obično. Onako, malo. Uvek je važno biti važan a još važnije biti važniji, a najvažnije biti najvažniji.
Yes, sirs, važnost ste postigli. A i nevažnost, kako se uzme.

Naravno, po veličini štandova i po tome sa kakvom pažnjom im je određena lokacija jasno je ko je bliži do prestola, ali to je stara priča. Službeni glanik rulz, gazi, melje. Na istom mestu rekla bih ostali su Geopoetika, Clio,Stubovi kulture. Gotivim ih, gotivim i Glasnik, mada je kao piramida. Ne zna se gde je ufur . Ali najgotivim ove malešne kao Okean i slične. Novinari koji prate sajam i izdavaštvo ne pišu dovoljno oštro i ambiciozno, zavarani maglom da pišu o kulturnim stvarima i kulturnom svetu.

Izdavačka surovost ne poznaje granice, toga bi novinari uvek trebalo da budu svesni kad ih izdavači iscimaju na pres konferencije da im predstave svoje viđenje stvari i produkciju, što btw mogu da urade i slanjem informacija elektronskim putem. Niste dužni da prenosite doslovno hvalospeve. Ali ste dužni da redovno pratite produkciju, a ne po babi i stričevima. Molim vas pogledajte kako piše Ron Čarls iz Washposta i sl. Možete ga pratiti na twitteru @roncharls. U Americi industrija knjige jeste industrija ali zato prikazi knjiga imaju aposlutan balans.
Kupila sma jednu knjigu, vidim da sam stara po činjenici da sam u stanju da knjigu čekam godinu dana. Kupiću još jednu Bog za zbunjene. Nju sam već kupila i ukrali su mi je prošle godine.
Da završim prve utiske o sajmu:
Uvek je lepo kad profesionalci obuku odela, a publika može kako hoće.