White Ravens’98/Croatia/65596
Macan, Darko (text)
Bartolic, Stjepan (illus.)
Knjige lazu!
(Books are liars)
Zagreb: Znanje, 1997. 119pp
ISBN 953-6473-92-5
School - Everyday life - Nickname - Rivalry
This is the first children’s book by Darko Macan (*1966), an author
already known for his comics and science fiction novels. In this funny and
authentic depiction of the everyday life of fifth grade pupils in Zagreb, he
casts light on their relations with one another and the first boy-girl
romances from the psychological and sociological perspective. Of
particular interest and effectively depicted is a longer section about the
feuds and fights within the class, through which Macan portrays the
structures of hostility and their origins. (9+)

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