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About the book I KONJE UBIJAJU, ZAR NE?
Roman-prvijenac Horacca McCoya (1897-1955) I konje ubijaju, zar ne? (1935) kod nas je preveden 1959., četiri godine nakon piščeve smrti, a objavila ga je izdavačka kuća Otokar Keršovani iz Rijeke. Knjiga je u ono vrijeme kod naše čitalačke publike prošla gotovo nezapaženo, a čini mi se, sa sadašnjeg aspekta i povijesne distance, daje uzrok što nije uspio pobuditi neki veći interes vjerojatno u tome što smo tada živjeli u sasvim drugačijim političkim i društvenim okol nostima. To je bilo razdoblje još uvijek krutog, rekao bih, gotovo staljinističkog socrealizma, iz kojeg se ta dašnja jugoslavenska stvarnost tek pokušavala iskoprcati i izgraditi jedno novo socijalističko društvo...
Danas, nakon žalosnih iskustava tranzicijskog razdoblja, ova nam je priča iz vremena velike eko nomske krize u Americi 30-ih godina prošlog stoljeća postala puno bliža i razumljivija, pa je njeno ponovno objavljivanje u izdanju Šarenog dućana nešto što sva kako treba pozdraviti.