I did evil even in speaking, because I never said what I should have said. What sort of a life, what sort of a world was this in which I did evil when I intended only the best!Īnd I did evil even when I did nothing, leaving both good and evil in peace. On returning from the war, the young, honest and inexperienced hero naively tries to fight iniquity and protect the weak… But instead of finding the truth he is right away thrown into the whirlpool of personal troubles and despair… Attempting to save a single drowning man, he unintentionally starts drowning other innocents… People are wicked children: wicked in action, children in mind. For who ever remained sane after a victory? And who ever gained any experience out of defeat? Nobody. There’s no other profit, nor loss, be it from defeat or victory. So every sensible empire seeks a Chocim, to let out the evil blood of the masses and divert the accumulated discontent from itself. If there weren’t wars, we’d massacre each other. The Fortress begins with the submersion in darkness… Meša Selimović writes with profound wisdom and every page in the book is permeated with the deepest understanding of human misery and wretchedness.
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