Opis:
Knjige još uvek stoje na pijadestalu najznačajnijih svedoka bliske i daleke
prošlosti, čak i u doba tehnosfere i u preovladavajućem onlajn digitalnom okruženju, koje
nas zagušuje nepotrebnim informacijama, na štetu korisnih i vrednih priča.
Po mišljenjima starih Novosađana, uprvo je knjiga bila presudni činiilac koji je od
Novog Sada stvorio Srpsku Atinu, odnosno ovdašnji Lajpcig, Veneciju, Pariz ili
Amsterdam.
Kao dug zaslužnim precima, kroz zalog vrednosti potomcima, knjigom
možemo i danas na najbolji način upoznati ceo svet sa Novim Sadom.
Kao naše lokalno svedočanstvo da informatička galaksija neće uništiti
Gutenbergovu, sa ponosom ističemo knjigu Novi Sad, Zemlji raj, koja se, i u svom
prevodu na engleski jezik, profilisala kao summa poetica svih onih duhovnih, istorijskih,
političkih i kulturnih ukrštanja koja su upisana u same temelje ovoga grada.
Ovo delo priredili su i objavili Novosađani, prof. dr Sava Damjanov (Novi Sad,
1956) i mr Lidija Mustedanagić (Beograd, 1964), autentično dovodeći istoriju pred oči
čitalaca i upešno oživljavajući Novi Sad kroz vekove.
Kao kroz, danas i zauvek, širom raskriljene sve varoške kapije, kao preko svih
novosadskih mostova, i ovih stvarnih ili onih živih samo u sećanjima, i putem ove zaista
otvorene knjige moguće je posetiti Novi Sad, Zemlji raj.
Šetnjom ovim zbornikom tekstova i uživanjem u brojnim svedočanstvima,
kroz privatnu i javnu istoriju mesta i njegovih stanovnika,
svi će odmah spoznati da je najlepši srpski grad na Dunavu,
još od svojih prvih dana, imao želju i potencijal da jednoga dana postane (i ostane!), s pravom,
Evropska prestonica kulture.
Srđan Orsić
Books still occupy on the pedestal of the most significant witnesses of the recent and
distant past, even in the era of technology and the domination of the online digital
environment, which is overwhelming us with unnecessary information, at the detriment
of useful and valuable stories.
In the opinion of the citizens of Novi Sad from the bygone days, it is precisely the book
that was the crucial factor that transformed Novi Sad into the Serb Athens, i.e. the local
Leipzig, Venice, Paris or Amsterdam. As a debt to meritorious ancestors, through the
contribution of values for descendants, today too we can best enlighten the entire world
about Novi Sad through a book.
As local proof that the IT galaxy will not destroy Gutenberg’s – we proudly present the
book The New Story of Novi Sad, which, also in its English translation, is profiled as the
summa poetica of the spiritual, historical, political and cultural junctions that are
embedded in the foundations of this city.
This work was edited and published by residents of Novi Sad, Sava Damjanov and Lidija
Mustedanagić, authentically bringing history to the reader and successfully bringing to
life Novi Sad through the centuries.
Just like through the town gates that are open wide – today and in perpetuity – as well
as all the bridges in Novi Sad – both the actual ones and the ones that survive only in
memories – through this truly open book it is also possible to visit Novi Sad.
Strolling through this anthology, enjoying the numerous testimonies,
private and public history of the town and its residence,
the reader will immediately recognise that the most beautiful Serbian city on the Danube,
since its earliest days, had the desire and potential to one day
rightfully become (and remain!) the European Capital of Culture.
Srđan Orsić