''Nightmare'' () is a contemporary Bosnian

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novel by

Zlatko Topčić Zlatko Topčić (born 30 April 1955) is a Bosnian screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He has written a number of films, including: ''Remake (2003 film), Remake'', ''The Abandoned (2010 film), The Abandoned'', ''Miracle in Bosnia''; theater p ...

published in 1997. The novel set the guidelines and became a model for other Bosnian novels. It received the prestigious Annual Award of the

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. It was translated into

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(''Saray Bosna da kabus'', Gendas,

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, 1998) and Slovenian (''Mora'', Založba Goga,

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, 2003).

Characters

*Adi Solak, an intellectual, a journalist, a critic, an essayist *Aca Nikolić, Solak's double, Chetnik Duke

References

1997 novels Novels set in the 20th century Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina literature Novels set in Bosnia and Herzegovina Novels about nightmares {{1990s-horror-novel-stub