''Orlovi rano lete'' (''Eagles Fly Early'') is a
Yugoslavian children's novel written by
Branko Ćopić and published in 1959.
Yu4You.com: Orlovi rano lete: Knjige Branko Copic
/ref> It was made into a film in 1966.
Synopsis
The book involves several young boys and a girl and their role in assisting the Partisans in fighting the Croatian fascists Ustaše
The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croats, Croatian Fascism, fascist and ultranationalism, ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaš ...
invading Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
during World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. There are allusions throughout to mythology such as the drekavac
Drekavac, (literally "the screamer" or "the screecher"Levi, Pavle (2007). ''Disintegration in frames: aesthetics and ideology in the Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav cinema''. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Presspage 181 .), also called drekalo, ...
, a monster which the children are told lives in the forest. The children are forced to conquer their superstitious fear in order to assist the Partisans.
The book is divided in two parts. The first part is before the war in Yugoslavia, and the second is about the children helping the Partisans and the army
An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
in fighting against Fascists in World War II.
See also
* Branko Ćopić
References
External links
Info at Yu4You
1959 novels
Serbian children's literature
Novels set during World War II
Novels set in Yugoslavia
1959 children's books
Serbian novels
Children's historical novels
Novels set in Serbia
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