{"id":1437,"date":"2024-09-17T13:31:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T12:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kajganic.ch\/?p=1437"},"modified":"2024-09-17T14:50:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T13:50:20","slug":"escape-from-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kajganic.ch\/?p=1437","title":{"rendered":"Escape From Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Escape from Madness<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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THE POWER AND IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Family and correct upbringing, those are the factors to our successful future. Incorrect upbringing is our future grief, our futuretears, our blame towards other people, towards our homeland.<\/em>
(Anton S. Makarenko)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

In works of literature (just like in any other work of art), there is also a factor of the soul. In literature that is the factor that forever remains in sole possession of the writer, the only thing that is not prone to be copied or taken over. Petrarca wrote a sonnet which reads: \u2019There goes my boat full of oblivion\u2019 \u2013 certainly one of his best sonnets, never to be bested or repeated by anyone. In it, there is such a personal and intimate spirit word about human faith, which one is unable to be replicated, or at least not in the same manner. And no matter if the beauty and the depth of thoughts described in the sonnet are something out of the most perfect in the literature of the world; still the factor of the soul in this little piece surpasses even its thoughtfulness and its metaphor.<\/em><\/p>

Therefore, a good writer is the one with the most soul, and not the most spirit. Soul is unique, and the spirit is universal.<\/em>
Jovan Duchic<\/strong><\/em><\/p>


Before you lies the novel \u2018Escape from Madness\u2019 \u2013 seventh work of prose by Milka Kajganic, a writer skilful in finding the topics that make one think. It depicts a life of a young woman and her almost superhuman tenaciousness demonstrated in numerous complicated situations, and the reader is given the opportunity to witness hardship of a fragile woman soul. Furthermore, the writer provides us, not only with a psychological profile of the heroine, but also of those who have an influence on the main protagonist. Moreover, a life is described seemingly deprived of any chance to act and make changes. A life helpless as a leaf torn off its branch. How and in what way to give the torn leaf some strength to rise is what we will find out if we follow the trail of Milka\u2019s writing. And Milka has a very clear way of telling us about all those intertwined situations, their flow from their spring in Istria to the distant Alpine area. However, it is difficult to find shelter from harsh reality of everyday life \u2013 it simply crushes you. We need strength in order not to be crushed. And the strength of this novel is that it provides its reader with an open approach to all the situations allowing us to judge them as being correct or wrong, as well as personal.

To help us with our dilemma, the author of the novel skilfully tiles the path with love, as she knows that every soul finds its salvation from troubles, problems and madness solely in love. This is what the folk saying tells us about: \u2018Don\u2019t tie sorrow to your soul \u2013 the power of love will bring salvation\u2019. When spoken out loud, one can hear the echo of harmony as if the words were sung by a chorus of angels. Maybe that\u2019s why these words have almost medical proprieties \u2013 they strengthen faith and hope for a better tomorrow.

This is not an unfamiliar matter to the author. This is reflected in her writing style. She masterfully overcomes all the obstacles and follows the \u2018Every cloud has a silver lining\u2019 motto. Poetic string the author Milka Kajganic possesses, which she uses to embellish the sentences quite cautiously in order to gradually adorn them with cheerfulness, unmistakably makes the reader comfortable with following her. To follow, as that is the thread of gentle story-telling: For those remaining two months of her maternity leave, Pamela managed to get rid of three more subjects, Constitutional Law being one of them. She asked her friend Marjuca to go out and buy her Family Law course book in the bookstore. \u2019What do you need that for, that\u2019s in the third year?\u2019 \u2019I need to study it now.\u2019 \u2019Why overloading yourself with it now?\u2019 \u2018I want to know what the rights of children and parents are.\u2019 When she returned from Rijeka, she excitedly informed her mother that she was three steps nearer the end of her studies. She packed her bags and books and slightly opened the door to check on the child. Marino was playing with rattles attached to a ribbon on the side of the bed. She took him into her arms and placed him onto her lap. He was firm enough to sit up unaided, without leaning onto his mother\u2019s chest. \u2018You really arrived in bad time. I don\u2019t know what you and I shall do with your father. He hasn\u2019t told his Karin that you exist. Oh, stay calm, Pamela, you need to overcome this madness,\u2019 she encouraged herself with a sigh. Life\u2019s not easy for her, but she knows that she has a lovely family \u2013 a family that understands her and has her back. For, a family where the members rely on each other is a foundation and a pillar of security to an individual and the society alike. The importance of family is beyond compare, and as such, it needs to be preserved \u2013 this is the message of the author of the novel. However, within any person stricken by an unwanted situation lies a desire to get rid of the difficulty. Pamela, the main protagonist of the novel, manages exactly that by fighting the odds despite numerous drawbacks which simply lined one after the other.

It is one of countless times that life proves to be a great struggle. If we want to succeed, we have to be fighters. In this struggle, the ultimate weapon is love, firm faith and hope that the injustice must be defeated, and that good people truly exist. That\u2019s where the strength to persist comes from. \u2018My son Rolf, my dear, likes your daughter. Until now, he hasn\u2019t found a girl that he wanted to bring to our estate,\u2019 said Rolf\u2019s mother to Pamela\u2019s. \u2018My daughter has a son. It doesn\u2019t suit a young man to be with a woman with a child.\u2019 \u2018It is of no concern. The boy is a lovely child. We\u2019ve come to love him dearly.\u2019 \u2018We\u2019ll see what the doctors recommend. She is in their hands now.\u2019 \u2018She is not in the right place,\u2019 said Rolf, \u2019they say she has metal problems, but I can feel, deep inside my heart, that she is not ill. Not from schizophrenia at least. She is an educated and diligent woman, and many people don\u2019t like such foreigners here. It was not her fault that she got fired, but of those who pushed around to reach better positions. I have worked in a state firm for a couple of years, and I was fed up with everything. I escaped here to the country side, where I may do my job in such a way that it is a pleasure to me.\u2019 Rolf is right. The psychiatric hospital was no place for her, but\u2026 It pays to bear in mind that only good awaits those who are themselves good persons. Sooner or later. Among other things, the main characteristic of Milka\u2019s creative stile is that she knows life, and she is aware that every individual in this world is exposed to various dangers and temptations. Her writing is saturated by sensitivity to all kinds of sadness, and the events are linked to one another which make the novel easy to read. And after the reading, once the book is closed, the reader will carry the numerous images in their mind for quite some time. The images they will always remember. Thus, it is safe to say that the author has demonstrated her story-telling skill a level above the previous one. In simple terms, her writing moves.

And, at the end of the review of \u2018Escape from Madness\u2019, I shall add to the words of Jovan Duchic and say: That the soul of Milka Kajganic is unique, and that all afore said is true is what the readers of her previous writings already know.

And the novel \u2018Escape from Madness\u2019 is the seal that confirms it all. <\/strong><\/em>
Z\u00fcrich, 04.04.2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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..ovdje odlomak iz knjige\u2026<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sna\u017ena ljetna oluja  spremala se tog augustovskog popodneva u zalivu na \u010dijoj pla\u017ei su turisti skupljali svoje ru\u010dnike i madrace da se sklone od sna\u017enog vjetra i pobje\u0161njelih morskih valova. Pored pje\u0161\u010dane staze u samoj borovoj \u0161umi nalazili su se \u0161tandovi za raznoraznom robom, prekriveni zelenim platnenim krovovima, ceradom od tvrdog materijala. Pored ru\u010dnika, madraca, sandala za u more, maski za ronjenje, spasonosnih pojaseva i narukvica, bilo je tu i majica bijele i svjetlo plave boje sa natpisima i slikama grada Pule, njene Arene i njenog Medulin kampa. Za tim \u0161tandom stajala je jedna visoka \u017eena crne kose u loknama koje su izra\u017eavale njeno lijepo lice i nijemo posmatrala tu u\u017eurbanost koju je itekako dobro poznavala. Godinama je tu, za tom tezgom,  od Uskrsa kada stignu prvi turisti na Jadran, pa sve do kraja oktobra kada se zavr\u0161ava i sezona kupanja na Istarskom poluotoku. Ki\u0161a je dobrano dobovala i tu je skloni\u0161te prona\u0161ao vitak visoki mladi\u0107 svjetle puti i kovr\u010dave kose.
Eda je i po tim anatomskim znacima znala jako dobro da ocijeni odakle sti\u017ee koji turist pa se tako uvijek odmah i obra\u0107ala nepoznatim na njihovom materinjem jeziku.
\u2013 Jo\u0161 malo strpljenja pa \u0107e pro\u0107i i tih petnaest minuta i vrijeme \u0107e se smiriti \u2013 i obrati se nepoznatom na te\u010dnom njema\u010dkom jeziku. Neznanac je pogleda i pru\u017ei svoju od sunca preplanulu ruku.
\u2013 Tom.
\u2013 Eda.
\u2013 Vi govorite jako lijepim njema\u010dkim jezikom, to bi mi u \u0160vicarskoj rekli, njegovanim.
\u2013 Ah, to mi svi njema\u010dki turisti ka\u017eu. Znate, moram se pred njima pravdati, da ja nisam nikad radila ni u Njema\u010dkoj, ni u Austriji, ni u \u0160vicarskoj.
\u2013 Jeste li Vi Hrvatica?
\u2013 Ne, nisam. Ja sam Talijanka, ro\u0111ena u Trstu 1954.godine. Moji su roditelji Talijani i  \u017eivjeli su ovdje u Istri. Onda je do\u0161ao taj oktobar i  \u010detrdeset i osam sati odluke.
\u2013 Izvinite, ne znam o \u010demu pri\u010date. Prvi put sam ovdje u Istri i ne poznajem va\u0161u historiju.
\u2013 Jeste li kad \u010duli za optante? Znate, mi smo u Istri bili podijeljeni poslije Drugog svjetskog rata na Zonu A i Zonu B. Onda je do\u0161ao dogovor Tita i Churchilla. Nama je data sloboda da u roku od dva dana odlu\u010dimo gdje \u0107emo \u017eivjeti, da li u Jugoslaviji ili u Italiji. Svi \u0161kolovaniji ljudi su se opredijelili za Italiju. Majka je bila trudna sa mnom i poslu\u0161ala je oca koji je \u017earko \u017eelio da se rodim u Italiji i da tako svojim ro\u0111enjem potvrdim da sam Talijanka. Tako da sam tamo ostala, provela djetinjstvo, i\u0161la u talijanske \u0161kole i izu\u010dila trgova\u010dki zanat.
   \u2013 Da li od ove trgovine \u017eivite?
   \u2013 Da, kako da ne. Radim ja i u dr\u017eavnoj firmi, radim isto kao trgovac u prvoj smjeni do dva sata popodne. Onda idem ku\u0107i, spremam ru\u010dak za mu\u017ea i djecu i onda od \u010detiri sata popodne ovdje smo.
\u2013 \u0160ta Vam mu\u017e radi? Da li i on poma\u017ee?
\u2013 On je ovdje manje nego mi, dovozi robu, tiska natpise na majicama, vi\u0161e je na na\u0161oj ku\u0107i koju smo eto zapo\u010deli. Mu\u017e mi je elektri\u010dar i zaposlen je ovdje u na\u0161em brodogradili\u0161tu.
\u2013 A djeca, koliko su ona velika?
\u2013 K\u0107erka ima dvadeset godina, a sin osamnaest.
\u2013 A gdje su oni sada?
\u2013 Sin je danas do podne, kad je more bilo mirno, ronio.
\u2013 \u0160ta je izronio?
\u2013 \u0160koljke, rakove, bude i za trgovinu i za jelo. Jo\u0161 dok je bio dje\u010darac po\u010deo je plivati, pa uzeo satove ronjenja pa je sve te morske \u017eivotinjice prodavao ovdje kraj nas i bio uspje\u0161an. Znate, turiste ga primjete, a on je vrlo zanimljiv i kupuju te stvar\u010dice sa njegove klupice gdje je on tu svoju robu poslagao sa napisanim cjenikom koliko \u0161ta ko\u0161ta. Da \u0161to manje pri\u010da, a da se smije\u0161i \u010dim se turist nagne prema njemu i njegovoj klupici.
\u2013 A drugo dijete?
\u2013 Pamela je pametna djevojka. I ona radi ovdje u birou i svako popodne je ovdje. Oko nje se skuplja mlade\u017e, pa ih ona upu\u0107uje gdje mogu mladi uve\u010de iza\u0107i i dobrano se provesti.
\u2013 \u010cetiri sata je pro\u0161lo, a nje jo\u0161 nema.
\u2013 Ma oti\u0161la je ona u Rijeku. Idu\u0107i mjeseci po\u010dinju ispitni rokovi  i upisi pa je oti\u0161la na fakultet da upi\u0161e drugu godinu. Brinem se uvijek jer je oti\u0161la autom. Znate kako majke uvijek misle da \u0107e se ne\u0161to lo\u0161e dogoditi tako da sam sretna kad prepoznam zvuk motora na\u0161eg auta kad se pribli\u017eava.
\u2013  A \u0161ta studira Pamela?
\u2013 Vi ste ve\u0107 zapamtili i njeno ime. Pravo, pravo studira. Po-lo\u017eila je sve ispite i upisala drugu godinu i nju sada \u201c\u010disti\u201d. Kao vanredan student.
\u2013 Da li je polo\u017eila rimsko pravo?
\u2013 Je, je, iz prvog poku\u0161aja. Dobila je vrlo dobar ocjenu. Znate, gledala sam ja tu njenu knjigu. Tamo je do pola stranice latinski tekst, a onda slijedi lekcija o pravu Rimljana na na\u0161em jeziku. Kako je Pameli materinji jezik talijanski, tako je ta nevjerojatna sli\u010dnost sa latinskim pa je neke lekcije samo dva tri puta pro\u010ditala i naravno zapamtila.
\u2013 Pa kada je o\u010dekujete?
\u2013 Ve\u010deras. Ne\u0107e dolaziti ovamo nego \u0107e poslije puta oti\u0107i jo\u0161 po materijala. Mi imamo ma\u0161ine za majice u stanu tako da \u0107e ona pripremiti robu za sutra. Vikend je pred nama, a mi  se njemu uvijek obradujemo. Zbog turista koji odlaze i ho\u0107e neki suvenir sa sobom ponijeti ili dolaze novi pa ho\u0107e uspomenu. Nego, izvinite da ja Vas ne\u0161to pitam, odkuda Vi znate za rimsko pravo?
\u2013 I ja sam upisao pravo u Z\u00fcrichu, ali kad je do\u0161ao predmet rimsko pravo, ja to nisam razumio i ispisao se i pre\u0161ao na ekonomiju.
\u2013 Kod moje Pamele, to je obratno. Ona je zavr\u0161ila ovdje u Puli ekonomsku \u0161kolu pa oti\u0161la na pravo, a mi smo \u017eeljeli da studira ekonomiju.
\u2013 Kad zavr\u0161i studij , gdje bi htjela raditi kao pravnik?
\u2013 Ona ma\u0161ta da bude advokat. \u017deli biti samostalna. Na-pravili smo u nacrtu na\u0161e ku\u0107e i  prostoriju koja bi mogla biti kancelarija da ima gdje primati svoje stranke.
\u2013 Evo dok smo mi razgovarali, more je postalo mirnije, a i sunce ponovo grije, kao da pred sat vremena nije bila oluja. Odoh ja na pla\u017eu, hvala Vam na razgovoru. Radovalo bi me da upoznam ne samo Va\u0161u k\u0107erku, nego i sina. Niste mi rekli kako se on zove? Dino, Alfredo,Guiseppe?
\u2013 Ah, zove se Marjan.
\u2013 Nije talijansko ime, a za\u0161to ste uzdahnuli?
  \u2013 Moj mu\u017e se zove Todor. On je slu\u017eio vojsku u Splitu, a iznad Splita je velika planina Marjan. Tamo su kao vojnici svaki dan imali neke vje\u017ebe pa je zavolio to brdo tako jako da je eto i na\u0161em sinu dao dalmatinsko ime. Tome, ako do\u0111ete sutra na pla\u017eu poslije \u010detiri sata, tu \u0107e biti i Pamela i Marjan pa ih mo\u017eete upoznati.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Escape from Madness THE POWER AND IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY Family and correct upbringing, those are the factors to our successful future. Incorrect upbringing is our future grief, our futuretears, our blame towards other people, towards our homeland.(Anton S. Makarenko) In works of literature (just like in any other work of art), there is also a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kajganic.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kajganic.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kajganic.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kajganic.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kajganic.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.kajganic.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kajganic.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kajganic.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kajganic.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kajganic.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}