The book Serbian Question at the Turn of the Epoch, a collection of essays, interviews and book reviews, thematically related to the Serbian question, authored by Milana Babić from Trebinje, was presented at the National Library in Trebinje.

Babić, a professor of the Serbian language and a bachelor of theology, said last night at the promotion that she had been working on the book for more than 10 years.

She pointed out the main message of this work – that the genocide that happened to the Serbian people must never be allowed again, and that the book was perhaps more current than ever, given the attacks on the Serbian people.

– We must fight, be dignified and remain Orthodox Serbs, open to any conversation and cooperation, but firm in our decision not to give up Serbian interests at any cost, and remain on the trail of our ancestors – said Babić.

The reviewer, professor at the Faculty of Law in Kragujevac, Zoran Čvorović, Orthodox publicist and translator of the Russian language, Ranko Gojković, also spoke about Babić’s work.

Čvorović stated that this book showed that many misconceptions had been broken in these difficult times, that the Serbian people had gone through severe suffering and that nowadays it was demographically old and economically spent and in a serious spiritual crisis.

– Through original texts, interviews with Serbian intellectuals, Babić tried to provide an answer to the question of where the Serbian people should be heading in the future. This important book contains the theses which might shape a manifesto of the cultural pattern of the Serbian people – Čvorović thinks.

According to him, the author showed that passionate people did not live in Serbian capitals, but in the demographically small places shrouding the persons genuinely concerned about the future of their people and having serious knowledge, just like professor Babić.

The first presentation of the book was held at Book Square, the international book fair held in Herceg Novi, and after Trebinje it will be promoted in Banja Luka and Belgrade.

Source: RTRS

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