Momo Kapor

Serbian novelist, painter and journalist, and prolific writer of novels, short stories, essays and screenplays; born in Sarajevo and long associated with Belgrade.

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  1. 1. A Guide To The Serbian Mentality

    A lively, affectionate essay collection that probes the habits, contradictions and myths shaping a nation's character, using humor, anecdote and sharp observation to illuminate traits like stubborn pride, warm hospitality, fatalistic irony and a fondness for storytelling and celebration; it mixes nostalgia and satire to show how history, superstition, rural traditions and urban life combine to produce a distinctive social outlook, while gently exposing foibles — from petty bureaucracy to melodramatic self-image — that both define and complicate everyday behavior.