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Parul Sehgal - Literary critic
Parul Sehgal is an editor for "The New York Times Book Review."

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"No scorn, no condescension. We read first for distraction then consolation then for company. And finally to be worthy of the company we kept," writes literary critic Parul Sehgal, whose reviews are as delicious and delightful as the books themselves. Sehgal is an editor at The New York Times Book Review. Previously the Books Editor at NPR.org and the Senior Editor at Publisher's Weekly, Sehgal is the recipient of the 2010 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing and the 2008 Pan African Literary Forum’s OneWorld Prize for fiction. She lives in New York City.

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Parul Sehgal: An ode to envy

Parus Sehgal: Oda zavisti

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Što je ljubomora? Što je uzrokuje i zašto je potajno volimo? Parul Sehgal tvrdi da nijedno istraživanje nije uspjelo dočarati "osamljenost, dugovječnost i strašnu zadovoljštinu koju pruža" - nijedno osim fikcije. U ovom elokventnom promišljanju Sehgal prebire po stranicama iz književnosti koje pokazuju kako se ljubomora ne razlikuje previše od potrage za znanjem.
- Literary critic
Parul Sehgal is an editor for "The New York Times Book Review." Full bio

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So when I was eightosam yearsgodina oldstar,
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Kad sam imala osam godina,
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a newnovi girldjevojka camedošao to joinpridružiti the classklasa,
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u razred nam je došla nova djevojčica
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and she was so impressiveimpresivan,
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koja je bila tako impresivna,
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as the newnovi girldjevojka always seemsčini se to be.
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kakve uvijek budu sve nove djevojčice.
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She had vastogroman quantitieskoličine of very shinysjajna hairdlaka
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Imala je slapove sjajne kose,
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and a cuteslatka little pencilolovka casespis,
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slatku pernicu,
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supersuper strongjak on statedržava capitalsglavnih gradova,
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znala je sve glavne gradove država
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just a great spelleralat za provjeru pravopisa.
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i odlično je sricala.
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And I just curdledPaklena with jealousyLjubomora that yeargodina,
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Te me godine obuzimala ljubomora
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untildo I hatchedizlegla my deviousluta planplan.
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sve dok nisam smislila pakleni plan.
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So one day I stayedostao a little latekasno after schoolškola,
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Jednog sam dana malo ostala poslije škole,
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a little too latekasno, and I lurkedvrludaju in the girls'djevojački bathroomkupaonica.
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malo previše skrivajući se
u toaletu za djevojčice.
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When the coastobala was clearčisto, I emergedpojavila,
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Kad je zrak bio čist, izašla sam,
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creptgmizati into the classroomučionica,
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ušuljala se u učionicu
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and tookuzeo from my teacher'snastavnika deskstol the graderazred bookrezervirati.
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i uzela imenik iz učiteljicinog stola.
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And then I did it.
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I onda sam to učinila.
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I fiddledigrao with my rival'srivala gradesrazreda,
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Poigrala sam se
ocjenama svoje protivnice,
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just a little, just demoteddegradiran some of those A'sČlana.
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samo malo, samo snizila neke petice.
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All of those A'sČlana. (LaughterSmijeh)
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Sve petice. (Smijeh)
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And I got readyspreman to returnpovratak the bookrezervirati to the drawercrtač,
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Kad sam se spremala
vratiti imenik u ladicu,
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when hangobjesiti on, some of my other classmateskolege
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sjetila sam se da druge kolege iz razreda
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had appallinglyUžasno good gradesrazreda too.
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također imaju strašno dobre ocjene.
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So, in a frenzybjesnilo,
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Stoga sam u ludilu
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I correctedispraviti everybody'ssvatko je marksoznake,
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svima popravila ocjene,
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not imaginativelymaštovito.
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i to ne pretjerano maštovito.
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I gavedali everybodysvi a rowred of D'sD
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Svima sam dala red dvojki,
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and I gavedali myselfsebe a rowred of A'sČlana,
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a sebi red petica.
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just because I was there, you know, mightmoć as well.
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Znate, kad sam već tu...
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And I am still baffledzbunjen by my behaviorponašanje.
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Još sam uvijek zapanjena
svojim ponašanjem.
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I don't understandrazumjeti where the ideaideja camedošao from.
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Ne razumijem odakle mi ta ideja.
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I don't understandrazumjeti why I feltosjećala so great doing it.
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Ne razumijem zašto sam se osjećala
toliko odlično dok sam to radila.
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I feltosjećala great.
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Odlično sam se osjećala.
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I don't understandrazumjeti why I was never caughtzatečen.
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Ne razumijem zašto nikad nisam uhvaćena.
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I mean, it should have been so blatantlynapadan obviousočigledan.
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Ta trebalo je biti očito.
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I was never caughtzatečen.
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Nikad nisam uhvaćena.
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But mostnajviše of all, I am baffledzbunjen by,
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No najviše ne razumijem
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why did it bothersmeta me so much
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zašto me toliko mučilo
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that this little girldjevojka, this tinysićušan little girldjevojka,
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što je ta majušna djevojčica
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was so good at spellingpravopis?
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tako dobra u sricanju.
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JealousyLjubomora bafflesiza njih me.
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Ljubomora me zapanjuje.
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It's so mysteriousmisteriozan, and it's so pervasiveprožima.
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Toliko je misteriozna i toliko prodiruća.
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We know babiesbebe sufferpatiti from jealousyLjubomora.
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Znamo da bebe pate od ljubomore,
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We know primatesprimati do. BluebirdsPlave ptice are actuallyzapravo very pronesklon.
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kao i primati. I drozdovi
su joj iznimno skloni.
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We know that jealousyLjubomora is the numberbroj one causeuzrok
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Znamo da je ljubomora glavni razlog
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of spousalsupružnika murderubiti in the UnitedUjedinjeni StatesDržava.
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ubojstva u braku u SAD-u.
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And yetjoš, I have never readčitati a studystudija
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No nikad nisam naišla na istraživanje
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that can parseraščlaniti to me its lonelinessSamoća
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koje bi mi dočaralo osamljenost,
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or its longevitydugovječnost or its grimmrgodan thrilluzbuđenje.
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dugovječnost ili strašnu
zadovoljštinu koju pruža.
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For that, we have to go to fictionfikcija,
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Za to se okrećemo fikciji
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because the novelroman is the lablaboratorija
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jer je roman laboratorij
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that has studiedstudirao jealousyLjubomora
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koji proučava ljubomoru
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in everysvaki possiblemoguće configurationKonfiguracija.
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u svakom mogućem obliku.
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In factčinjenica, I don't know if it's an exaggerationpretjerivanje to say
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Naime, ne znam je li pretjerivanje reći
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that if we didn't have jealousyLjubomora,
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da bez ljubomore
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would we even have literatureknjiževnost?
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ne bi bilo ni književnosti.
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Well no faithlessbez vjere HelenHelen, no "OdysseyOdiseja."
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Bez nevjerne Helene
ne bi bilo ni "Odiseje".
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No jealousljubomorna kingkralj, no "ArabianArapske NightsNoći."
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Bez ljubomornog kralja
ne bi bilo ni "1001 noći".
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No ShakespeareShakespeare.
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Ni Shakespearea.
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There goeside highvisok schoolškola readingčitanje listsarena,
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To je cijeli srednjoškolski popis lektire
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because we're losinggubljenje "SoundZvuk and the FuryBijes,"
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jer gubimo i "Krik i bijes",
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we're losinggubljenje "GatsbyGatsby," "SunSunce AlsoTakođer RisesDiže,"
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"Gatsbyja", "I sunce se rađa",
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we're losinggubljenje "MadameMadame BovaryBovary," "AnnaAnna K."
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"Gospođu Bovary", "Anu Karenjinu".
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No jealousyLjubomora, no ProustProust. And now, I mean,
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Bez ljubomore ne bi bilo ni Prousta.
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I know it's fashionablemoderan to say that ProustProust
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Znam da je sad moderno reći da Proust
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has the answersodgovori to everything,
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ima odgovor na sve,
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but in the casespis of jealousyLjubomora,
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ali kad se radi o ljubomori,
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he kindljubazan of does.
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zaista ima svaki odgovor.
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This yeargodina is the centennialstogodišnjice of his masterpieceremek-djelo, "In SearchPretraživanje of LostIzgubio Time,"
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Ove je godine stogodišnjica remek-djela
"U potrazi za izgubljenim vremenom",
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and it's the mostnajviše exhaustiveiscrpan studystudija of sexualseksualan jealousyLjubomora
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a to je najopširniji prikaz
seksualne ljubomore
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and just regularredovan competitivenesskonkurentnost, my brandmarka,
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i natjecateljskog duha, moje vrste,
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that we can hopenada to have. (LaughterSmijeh)
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kojemu se možemo nadati. (Smijeh)
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And we think about ProustProust, we think
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Kad razmišljamo o Proustu, sjetimo se
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about the sentimentalosjećajan bitskomadići, right?
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sentimentalnih dijelova,
zar ne?
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We think about a little boydječak tryingtežak to get to sleepspavati.
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Dječaka koji pokušava zaspati,
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We think about a madeleineMadeleine moistenednavlažiti in lavenderLavanda teačaj.
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kolačića madeleine u lipovom čaju.
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We forgetzaboraviti how harshgrub his visionvizija was.
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Zaboravljamo koliko mu je pogled bio grub.
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We forgetzaboraviti how pitilessbez milosti he is.
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Zaboravljamo koliko je nemilosrdan.
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I mean, these are booksknjige that VirginiaVirginia WoolfWoolf said
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Ipak je te knjige Virginia Woolf
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were toughtvrd as catmačka gutcrijevo.
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nazvala grubima kao mačje crijevo.
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I don't know what catmačka gutcrijevo is,
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Ne znam što je mačje crijevo,
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but let's assumepretpostaviti it's formidabletežak.
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ali pretpostavimo da je zastrašujuće.
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Let's look at why they go so well togetherzajedno,
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Razmotrimo zašto idu tako dobro zajedno -
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the novelroman and jealousyLjubomora, jealousyLjubomora and ProustProust.
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roman i ljubomora, ljubomora i Proust.
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Is it something as obviousočigledan as that jealousyLjubomora,
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Je li jednostavno stvar
u tome da je ljubomora,
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whichkoji boilszbroji down into personosoba, desireželja, impedimentprepreka,
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koja se svodi na pojedinca,
čežnju i zapreku,
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is suchtakav a solidsolidan narrativepripovijest foundationtemelj?
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tako snažan temelj priče?
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I don't know. I think it cutsrezovi very closeblizu to the bonekost,
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Ne znam. Mislim da se s time
mnogi mogu poistovjetiti,
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because let's think about what happensdogađa se
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pa razmislimo što se događa
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when we feel jealousljubomorna.
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kad osjetimo ljubomoru.
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When we feel jealousljubomorna, we tell ourselvessebe a storypriča.
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Kad osjetimo ljubomoru,
ispričamo si priču.
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We tell ourselvessebe a storypriča about other people'snarodno livesživot,
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Ispričamo si priču o tuđim životima
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and these storiespriče make us feel terribleužasan
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i zbog njih se osjećamo užasno
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because they're designedkonstruiran to make us feel terribleužasan.
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jer su stvorene s tim ciljem.
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As the tellerpripovjedač of the talepriča and the audiencepublika,
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Kao pripovjedač i publika,
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we know just what detailsdetalji to includeuključiti,
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točno znamo koje detalje uključiti
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to digkopati that knifenož in. Right?
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da taj nož dublje zareže. Zar ne?
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JealousyLjubomora makesmarke us all amateuramater novelistsromanopisci,
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Ljubomora nas sve pretvara
u romanopisce početnike,
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and this is something ProustProust understoodrazumjeti.
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a to je nešto što je i Proust shvaćao.
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In the first volumevolumen, Swann'sSwann je Way,
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U "Putu k Swannu", prvom dijelu
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the seriesniz of booksknjige,
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ciklusa romana,
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SwannSwann, one of the mainglavni characterslikovi,
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Swann, jedan od glavnih likova,
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is thinkingmišljenje very fondlynježno of his mistressljubavnica
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s naklonosti razmišlja o svojoj voljenoj
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and how great she is in bedkrevet,
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i o tome koliko je dobra u krevetu
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and suddenlyiznenada, in the coursenaravno of a fewnekoliko sentencesrečenice,
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i iznenada, u roku od nekoliko rečenica,
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and these are ProustianProustian sentencesrečenice,
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a to su prustovske rečenice,
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so they're long as riversrijeka,
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dakle dugačke poput rijeka,
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but in the coursenaravno of a fewnekoliko sentencesrečenice,
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ali u roku od nekoliko rečenica,
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he suddenlyiznenada recoilsrecoils and he realizesshvaća,
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iznenada ustukne i shvati:
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"HangObjesiti on, everything I love about this womanžena,
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"Čekaj malo, sve to
što ja volim na ovoj ženi,
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somebodyneko elsedrugo would love about this womanžena.
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može voljeti i netko drugi.
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Everything that she does that givesdaje me pleasurezadovoljstvo
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Sve što čini, a što mi pruža zadovoljstvo,
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could be givingdavanje somebodyneko elsedrugo pleasurezadovoljstvo,
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može ga pružati i nekome drugome,
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maybe right about now."
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možda upravo sad."
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And this is the storypriča he startspočinje to tell himselfsam,
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Tu si priču počinje pričati
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and from then on, ProustProust writespiše that
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i otada Proust piše
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everysvaki freshsvježe charmšarm SwannSwann detectsotkrije in his mistressljubavnica,
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kako svaku novu draž koju Swann
primijeti na svojoj voljenoj
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he addsdodaje to his "collectionkolekcija of instrumentsinstrumenti
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dodaje "kolekciji sprava
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in his privateprivatna torturemučenje chamberkomora."
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vlastite sobe za mučenje."
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Now SwannSwann and ProustProust, we have to admitpriznati,
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Moramo priznati da su Swann I Proust
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were notoriouslynotorno jealousljubomorna.
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bili nepopravljivo ljubomorni.
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You know, Proust'sProustova boyfriendsDečki would have to leavenapustiti
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Proustovi su dečki morali napustiti
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the countryzemlja if they wanted to breakpauza up with him.
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državu ako su htjeli prekinuti s njim.
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But you don't have to be that jealousljubomorna
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No ne morate biti toliko ljubomorni
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to concedepriznati that it's hardteško work. Right?
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da biste priznali da s njom
imate pune ruke posla, zar ne?
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JealousyLjubomora is exhaustingiscrpljujući.
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Ljubomora iscrpljuje.
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It's a hungrygladan emotionemocija. It mustmora be fedhranjen.
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Gladna je to emocija koju valja nahraniti.
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And what does jealousyLjubomora like?
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A što ljubomora voli?
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JealousyLjubomora likessviđa informationinformacija.
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Ljubomora voli informacije.
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JealousyLjubomora likessviđa detailsdetalji.
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Ljubomora voli detalje.
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JealousyLjubomora likessviđa the vastogroman quantitieskoličine of shinysjajna hairdlaka,
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Ljubomora voli slapove sjajne kose
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the cuteslatka little pencilolovka casespis.
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i slatke pernice.
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JealousyLjubomora likessviđa photosfotografije.
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Ljubomora voli fotografije.
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That's why InstagramInstagram is suchtakav a hithit. (LaughterSmijeh)
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Zato je Instagram
toliko popularan. (Smijeh)
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ProustProust actuallyzapravo linkslinkovi the languagejezik of scholarshipstipendije and jealousyLjubomora.
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Proust povezuje učeni jezik i ljubomoru.
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When SwannSwann is in his jealousljubomorna throesbolovi,
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Kad je Swann na mukama ljubomore
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and suddenlyiznenada he's listeningslušanje at doorwaysvrata
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i prisluškuje na vratima
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and bribingpodmićivanje his mistress'ljubavnice servantssluge,
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i podmićuje sluge svoje ljubavnice,
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he defendsbrani these behaviorsponašanja.
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opravdava ta ponašanja.
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He sayskaže, "You know, look, I know you think this is repugnantodvratan,
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Kaže: "Slušaj, znam da misliš
da je ovo odvratno,
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but it is no differentdrugačiji
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ali nimalo se ne razlikuje
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from interpretingtumačenje an ancientantički texttekst
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od interpretiranja antičkih tekstova
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or looking at a monumentspomenik."
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ili promatranja spomenika."
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He sayskaže, "They are scientificznanstvena investigationsistraživanja
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Kaže: "To su znanstvena istraživanja
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with realstvaran intellectualintelektualac valuevrijednost."
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sa stvarnom intelektualnom vrijednosti."
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ProustProust is tryingtežak to showpokazati us that jealousyLjubomora
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Proust nam pokušava
pokazati da je ljubomora
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feelsosjeća intolerablenepodnošljiv and makesmarke us look absurdapsurdno,
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nepodnošljiva i zbog nje
djelujemo apsurdno,
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but it is, at its cruxsrž, a questpotraga for knowledgeznanje,
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ali ona je u svojoj srži
potraga za znanjem,
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a questpotraga for truthistina, painfulbolan truthistina,
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potraga za istinom, bolnom istinom,
06:51
and actuallyzapravo, where ProustProust is concernedzabrinut,
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a što se Prousta tiče,
06:53
the more painfulbolan the truthistina, the better.
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što je istina bolnija, to bolje.
06:56
GriefTuga, humiliationponiženje, lossgubitak:
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Tuga, posramljenost, gubitak:
07:01
These were the avenuesAvenija to wisdommudrost for ProustProust.
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to su za Prousta bili putevi do mudrosti.
07:04
He sayskaže, "A womanžena whomkome we need,
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Kaže: "Žena koju trebamo,
07:08
who makesmarke us sufferpatiti, elicitsizaziva from us
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zbog koje patimo iz nas izvlači
07:11
a gamutskala of feelingsosjećaji fardaleko more profounddubok and vitalbitan
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more osjećaja dubljih i važnijih
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than a man of geniusgenije who interestsinteresi us."
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od genija koji nas zanima."
07:18
Is he tellingreći us to just go and find cruelokrutan womenžene?
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Govori li nam da odemo
pronaći okrutne žene?
07:21
No. I think he's tryingtežak to say
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Ne. Mislim da nam pokušava reći
07:24
that jealousyLjubomora revealsotkriva us to ourselvessebe.
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da nas ljubomora otkriva nama samima.
07:27
And does any other emotionemocija crackpukotina us openotvoren
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Slama li nas ijedna druga emocija
07:30
in this particularposebno way?
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na takav način?
07:32
Does any other emotionemocija revealotkriti to us
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Otkriva li nam ijedna druga emocija
07:34
our aggressionagresija and our hideousodvratan ambitionambicija
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našu agresivnost i odvratnu ambiciju
07:37
and our entitlementpravo?
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i naša prava?
07:40
Does any other emotionemocija teachučiti us to look
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Uči li nas ijedna druga
emocija promatranju
07:42
with suchtakav peculiarosebujan intensityintenzitet?
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tolikim intenzitetom?
07:46
FreudFreud would writepisati about this laterkasnije.
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Freud je kasnije pisao o tome.
07:48
One day, FreudFreud was visitedposjetila
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Jednog dana Freuda je posjetio
07:50
by this very anxiouszabrinuti youngmladi man who was consumedkonzumira
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strašno nervozan muškarac
kojega je izjedala
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with the thought of his wifežena cheatingvaranje on him.
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sumnja u supruginu vjernost.
07:55
And FreudFreud sayskaže, it's something strangečudan about this guy,
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Freud kaže da ima nešto
čudno u tom čovjeku
07:57
because he's not looking at what his wifežena is doing.
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jer ne promatra suprugine postupke.
07:59
Because she's blamelessnevina; everybodysvi knowszna it.
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Ona je nedužna, svi to znaju.
08:01
The poorsiromašan creaturestvorenje is just
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U tu se jadnicu jednostavno
08:02
underpod suspicionsumnje for no causeuzrok.
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bezrazložno sumnja.
08:04
But he's looking for things that his wifežena is doing
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Ali on promatra njezina
08:07
withoutbez noticingprimjećujući, unintentionalnenamjerno behaviorsponašanja.
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nenamjerna ponašanja.
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Is she smilingnasmijan too brightlyVedro here,
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Smije li se presrdačno
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or did she accidentallyslučajno brushČetka up againstprotiv a man there?
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ili je li se slučajno
očešala o onog čovjeka?
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[FreudFreud] sayskaže that the man is becomingpostaje
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Freud tvrdi da taj muškarac postaje
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the custodiančuvar of his wife'sžena je unconsciousbez svijesti.
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nadzornik suprugine podsvijesti.
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The novelroman is very good on this pointtočka.
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Po tom pitanju roman je dobar.
08:24
The novelroman is very good at describingopisujući how jealousyLjubomora
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Roman jako dobro opisuje
kako nas ljubomora
08:27
trainsvlakovi us to look with intensityintenzitet but not accuracytočnost.
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izvježbava za intenzivno,
ali ne i točno promatranje.
08:31
In factčinjenica, the more intenselyintenzivno jealousljubomorna we are,
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Štoviše, što smo ljubomorniji,
08:35
the more we becomepostati residentsstanovnici of fantasyfantazija.
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to smo skloniji fantaziji.
08:38
And this is why, I think, jealousyLjubomora doesn't
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Zato smatram da nas ljubomora
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just provokeizazivaju us to do violentnasilan things
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ne potiče samo na nasilne
08:43
or illegalnezakonit things.
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ili protuzakonite činove
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JealousyLjubomora promptstraži us to behaveponašati in waysnačine
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već i na
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that are wildlymahnito inventiveinventivan.
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strašno maštovite postupke.
08:50
Now I'm thinkingmišljenje of myselfsebe at eightosam, I concedepriznati,
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Priznajem, razmišljam
o osmogodišnjoj sebi,
08:52
but I'm alsotakođer thinkingmišljenje of this storypriča I heardčuo on the newsvijesti.
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ali i o priči koju sam čula na vijestima.
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A 52-year-old-godinu star MichiganMichigan womanžena was caughtzatečen
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U Michiganu je uhvaćena 52-godišnja žena
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creatingstvaranje a fakelažan FacebookFacebook accountračun
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koja je napravila
lažan profil na Facebooku
09:03
from whichkoji she sentposlao vilezli, hideousodvratan messagesporuke
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s kojeg si je slala
podle, odvratne poruke
09:07
to herselfona sama for a yeargodina.
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godinu dana.
09:11
For a yeargodina. A yeargodina.
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Godinu dana. Godinu.
09:13
And she was tryingtežak to frameokvir
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A pokušavala je to smjestiti
09:15
her ex-boyfriend'sbivši dečko newnovi girlfrienddjevojka,
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novoj djevojci svog bivšeg dečka.
09:17
and I have to confesspriznati when I heardčuo this,
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Moram priznati, kad sam ovo tek čula,
09:21
I just reactedreagirali su with admirationdivljenje.
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osjetila sam divljenje.
09:23
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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Because, I mean, let's be realstvaran.
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Zato što, budimo realni,
09:27
What immenseneizmjeran, if misplacedzagubljen, creativitykreativnost. Right?
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kolika je to količina pogrešno
usmjerene kreativnosti, zar ne?
09:31
This is something from a novelroman.
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Kao iz romana,
09:34
This is something from a PatriciaPatricia HighsmithHighsmith novelroman.
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kao iz romana Patricije Highsmith.
09:37
Now HighsmithHighsmith is a particularposebno favoriteljubimac of minerudnik.
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Highsmith je moja omiljena spisateljica.
09:39
She is the very brilliantsjajan and bizarrebizarno womanžena of AmericanAmerički lettersslova.
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Ona je briljantna i bizarna
američka spisateljica.
09:43
She's the authorAutor of "StrangersStranci on a TrainVlak"
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Autorica je romana "Stranci u vlaku"
09:45
and "The TalentedTalentirani MrG.. RipleyRipley,"
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i "Talentirani gospodin Ripley".
09:47
booksknjige that are all about how jealousyLjubomora,
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Obje knjige pokazuju kako nam ljubomora
09:51
it muddlesmuddles our mindsmisli,
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muti razum
09:52
and oncejednom we're in the spheresfera, in that realmcarstvo of jealousyLjubomora,
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i jednom kad smo u toj sferi,
u carstvu ljubomore,
09:55
the membranemembrana betweenizmeđu what is and what could be
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membrana između onoga što jest
i onoga što bi moglo biti
10:01
can be piercedprobušene in an instanttrenutak.
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u sekundi može biti probijena.
10:04
Take TomTom RipleyRipley, her mostnajviše famouspoznat characterlik.
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Tom Ripley, njezin najpoznatiji lik,
10:06
Now, TomTom RipleyRipley goeside from wantingu nedostatku you
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polazi od želje za vama
10:09
or wantingu nedostatku what you have
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ili željom da ima ono što vi imate
10:11
to beingbiće you and havingima what you oncejednom had,
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do preuzimanja vašeg identiteta
i svega što ste nekoć imali.
10:14
and you're underpod the floorboardspodne ploče,
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Vi ste ispod podnih dasaka,
10:16
he's answeringodgovaranje to your nameime,
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on se odaziva na vaše ime,
10:17
he's wearingnošenje your ringsprstenovi,
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nosi vaše prstenje,
10:19
emptyingpražnjenje your bankbanka accountračun.
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prazni vaše bankovne račune.
10:21
That's one way to go.
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To je jedan od pristupa.
10:23
But what do we do? We can't go the TomTom RipleyRipley routeput.
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Ali što mi radimo? Ne možemo
ići Ripleyevim putem.
10:27
I can't give the worldsvijet D'sD,
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Ne mogu cijelom svijetu dati dvojke,
10:29
as much as I would really like to, some daysdana.
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ma koliko ja to nekada željela.
10:32
And it's a pityŠteta, because we liveživjeti in enviouszavidni timesputa.
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Šteta je jer živimo u vremenu zavisti.
10:35
We liveživjeti in jealousljubomorna timesputa.
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Živimo u vremenu ljubomore.
10:38
I mean, we're all good citizensgrađani of socialsocijalni mediamedia,
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Svi smo dobri građani društvenih medija
10:40
aren'tnisu we, where the currencyvaluta is envyzavist?
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u kojima je valuta zavist, zar ne?
10:43
Does the novelroman showpokazati us a way out? I'm not sure.
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Ukazuje li nam ovaj roman
na izlaz? Nisam sigurna.
10:48
So let's do what characterslikovi always do when they're not sure,
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Učinimo ono što likovi
uvijek rade kada nisu sigurni,
10:51
when they are in possessionposjed of a mysterymisterija.
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kada ih muči misterij.
10:53
Let's go to 221B BakerBaker StreetUlica
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Pođimo do Ulice Baker na adresu 221B
10:56
and askpitati for SherlockSherlock HolmesHolmes.
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i tražimo Sherlocka Holmesa.
10:58
When people think of HolmesHolmes,
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Kad ljudi razmišljaju o Holmesu,
11:00
they think of his nemesisprirodni neprijatelj beingbiće ProfessorProfesor MoriartyMoriarty,
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njegovim najvećim neprijateljem
smatraju profesora Moriartyja,
11:03
right, this criminalkriminalac mastermindplanirati.
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vrhunskog kriminalca.
11:06
But I've always preferredpoželjna [InspectorInspektor] LestradeLestrejd,
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Ali meni je uvijek bio draži
inspektor Lestrade,
11:08
who is the rat-faced-Moraš headglava of ScotlandŠkotska YardDvorište
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čovjek nalik štakoru koji je
voditelj Scotland Yarda
11:11
who needspotrebe HolmesHolmes desperatelyočajnički,
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i koji očajnički treba Holmesa,
11:13
needspotrebe Holmes'Holmes' geniusgenije, but resentszamjera him.
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treba njegov genijalni um, ali zamjera mu.
11:15
Oh, it's so familiarupoznat to me.
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To mi zvuči poznato.
11:17
So LestradeLestrejd needspotrebe his help, resentszamjera him,
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Dakle, Lestrade treba
njegovu pomoć, zamjera mu
11:21
and sortvrsta of seethesseethes with bitternessgorčina over the coursenaravno of the mysteriestajne.
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i kipi od ljutnje tijekom romana.
11:24
But as they work togetherzajedno, something startspočinje to changepromijeniti,
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No, kako zajedno rade,
nešto se počinje mijenjati
11:28
and finallykonačno in "The AdventureAvantura of the SixŠest NapoleonsNapoleona,"
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i konačno u "Šest Napoleona"
11:31
oncejednom HolmesHolmes comesdolazi in, dazzleszasljepljuje everybodysvi with his solutionriješenje,
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kad Holmes stigne
i sve oduševi svojim rješenjem,
11:35
LestradeLestrejd turnsokreti to HolmesHolmes and he sayskaže,
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Lestrade se okrene Holmesu i kaže:
11:38
"We're not jealousljubomorna of you, MrG.. HolmesHolmes.
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"Nismo ljubomorni
na vas, gospodine Holmes.
11:43
We're proudponos of you."
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Ponosni smo na vas."
11:46
And he sayskaže that there's not a man at ScotlandŠkotska YardDvorište
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I kaže da nema čovjeka
na Scotland Yardu
11:48
who wouldn'tne bi want to shaketresti SherlockSherlock Holmes'Holmes' handruka.
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koji Sherlocku ne bi htio pružiti ruku.
11:51
It's one of the fewnekoliko timesputa we see HolmesHolmes movedpomaknuto
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To je rijedak slučaj
u kojem je Holmes ganut.
11:54
in the mysteriestajne, and I find it very movingkreće,
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U knjizi mi je to jako dirljivo,
11:56
this little scenescena, but it's alsotakođer mysteriousmisteriozan, right?
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cijela ta scena, ali je
i misteriozna, zar ne?
11:59
It seemsčini se to treatliječiti jealousyLjubomora
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Kao da se prema ljubomori odnosi
12:01
as a problemproblem of geometrygeometrija, not emotionemocija.
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kao s geometrijskim
problemom, a ne emocionalnim.
12:04
You know, one minuteminuta HolmesHolmes is on the other sidestrana from LestradeLestrejd.
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U jednom je trenutku Holmes
suprotstavljen Lestradeu.
12:06
The nextSljedeći minuteminuta they're on the sameisti sidestrana.
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U drugom su trenutku na istoj strani.
12:08
SuddenlyOdjednom, LestradeLestrejd is lettingiznajmljivanje himselfsam
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Iznenada si Lestrade dozvoljava
12:10
admirediviti se this mindum that he's resentedUpravo zbog.
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diviti se umu kojem je zamjerao.
12:13
Could it be so simplejednostavan thoughiako?
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Je li to tako jednostavno?
12:15
What if jealousyLjubomora really is a matterstvar of geometrygeometrija,
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Što ako je ljubomora
uistinu pitanje geometrije,
12:18
just a matterstvar of where we allowdopustiti ourselvessebe to standstajati
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samo pitanje toga na kojoj si
strani dozvoljavamo stajati
12:22
in relationodnos to anotherjoš?
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u odnosu na drugu osobu?
12:24
Well, maybe then we wouldn'tne bi have to resentzamjeraju
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Tada možda ne bismo morali zamjerati
12:26
somebody'snetko je excellenceizvrsnost.
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tuđoj izvrsnosti.
12:28
We could alignPoravnajte ourselvessebe with it.
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Mogli bi se uskladiti s njom.
12:31
But I like contingencyslučaj plansplanovi.
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Ali ja volim planove
nepredviđenih mogućnosti.
12:33
So while we wait for that to happendogoditi se,
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Dok njih čekamo,
12:36
let us rememberzapamtiti that we have fictionfikcija for consolationutjeha.
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zapamtimo da nam
za utjehu preostaje fikcija.
12:38
FictionFikcija alonesam demystifiesdemistificira jealousyLjubomora.
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Sama fikcija demistificira ljubomoru.
12:41
FictionFikcija alonesam domesticatesdomesticates it,
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Ona je podomaćuje,
12:43
invitespoziva it to the tablestol.
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poziva je za stol.
12:45
And look who it gathersokuplja:
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A pogledajte tko se sve skupio za njim:
12:47
sweetslatko LestradeLestrejd, terrifyingzastrašujući TomTom RipleyRipley,
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dragi Lestrade, zastrašujući Tom Ripley,
12:51
crazylud SwannSwann, MarcelMarcel ProustProust himselfsam.
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ludi Swann, Marcel Proust glavom i bradom.
12:55
We are in excellentodličan companydruštvo.
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U odličnom smo društvu.
12:57
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
12:59
(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Anja Kolobarić
Reviewed by Ivan Stamenkovic

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Parul Sehgal - Literary critic
Parul Sehgal is an editor for "The New York Times Book Review."

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