The Theatre of Truth and Lies

by Zoran Kociper

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The Theatre of Truth and Lies unfolds through a series of scenes rather than traditional chapters — fragments of war, family, faith, homeland, and friendship. Spanning nearly two centuries of Croatian history, the novel moves through memory instead of chronology, revealing lives shaped not by national myths but by hunger, silence, and survival. War appears without heroism, family without idealization, homeland without patriotic illusion. The narrator shifts between first‑person and third‑person voice, exposing pain, guilt, and the fragile search for meaning. Forgotten people — peasants, servants, mothers — become the true carriers of history. War appears without heroism, family without idealization, homeland without patriotic illusion. The narrator shifts between first‑person and third‑person voice, exposing pain, guilt, and the fragile search for meaning. Forgotten people — peasants, servants, mothers — become the true carriers of history. This is not an autobiography, but a literary testimony. With emotional honesty and philosophical clarity, the author asks whether the “great” of history matter at all when the smallest bear the heaviest burdens. Written in the full depth of Croatian language, the novel stands as a quiet rebellion against polished narratives and easy truths.

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