Interview: Damir Karakash, writer

Ignorant people know how to hate best

June 10, 2026, 22:53 p.m Vojislava Crnjanski Spasojevic

I'm neither to the left nor to the right, but above, even if it's a monkey on a tree, and from there I can clearly see how we live in a state of bad infinity, in a crippled society without empathy, people are filled with inner emptiness, rotten by politics, every unread book can be seen in their eyes

Damir Karakaš found himself in the final of one of the most famous Croatian awards for the novel of the year - "T portal" - with the novel Sunčanik, which was recently published in Serbia, in the edition of "Magic Book". Last week, Karakas was in Belgrade and Novi Sad, where he participated in discussions about his book. The novel is about a mythical, non-linear [...]

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