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In the bustling Kalenich Market in Belgrade we find a young man wandering amongst many, yet he is a man who walks alone in isolation. Lost and confused, lacking in self-worth and confidence, he takes us into his psyche as he tries to justify his worthless existence. Daringly centred... read more

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This is the story of a lost lonely soul trying to justify his miserable existence. Marko Vignjevic, the Author, takes us cleverly inside his protagonist's mind as the latter battles to find the reason behind all his imaginary failings.

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  • Old woman Verka: Dressed in rags; teeth yellow from Drina.
  • Ines: Young lady - body hidden beneath heavy,winter coat; frise scarf up to her nose, hat atop of beautiful hair, much like an acroteria.
  • Steva: Stupid mouth, loopy, red ears and pudgy face . Salesman at the market.
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  • “Look at what I've made. Underneath the hunger and the cold, in an attempt to dispel the self-loathing with a perspicacious eye of tomorrow from the place where I once slept in the warm... But I walked rigidly and absentmindedly, whilst my legs stepped from worries to rages which I, an innocent, have discovered on the faces of people who didn't even know me.”

First Sentence edit see section history

I beg of you to understand these writings of mine only as a planimetic: a floor plan of my thoughts, seeing how I'm not capable of achieving any depth or added dimension in what is written ahead.

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  • : Kalenich - a market in the district of Vrachar, Belgrade - farmers market mainly, plus other goods; Dobanovci - a village outside Belgrade; Drina - a brand of inexpensive Serbian cigarettes; Kucha Chaya - a teahouse (in English meaning The House of Tea)

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  1. life
  2. musings
  3. wretch 

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