Promotion of the autobiographical novel "Blank" by the Bosnian actor Fedje Štukan will be held tonight on the plateau outside the Castle of King Nikola, at 21 p.m., as part of the literary program of this year's edition of the Bar Chronicle.
Feđa Štukan is a permanent actor of the Chamber Theater in Sarajevo, a teacher of theoretical subjects in a pilot school, a lifelong parachutist and a passionate motorcycle enthusiast. He is one of the few actors from our area who had the opportunity to act with Oscar winners such as Benicia del Toro, Colin Firth, Tim Robbins, Ben Kingsley, as well as in the movies Terrence Malick, Mark Vinterberg, Angelina Jolie.
His first autobiographical novel, according to critics, could rightly be classified as a history textbook. It was written at the persuasion of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as potential material for a feature film. From a special forces sniper in war, a homeless man and a heroin addict in peace, all the way to the spotlight of a Hollywood A production, "Blank" is a story about life and death, politics and religion, hate and love.
The author himself sees the book as the highest point of his many years of activist work, and as the critic points out, Štukan writes directly, succinctly and clearly, he hits the nail on the head, without holding back and using too many words.
The book mercilessly describes what it's like to be at war, to be "hooked" and to be hopeless, it imagines what it's like to lose the love of your life, your friends and live in a country where politicians do their best to prevent the long-awaited peace.
"Blank" is required reading at Goldsmiths University in London and the University of Mostar, and is a candidate for high school reading in Montenegro. So far it has been translated into English, French and Italian.
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