Promotion of the novel "Bubanj" - Eliša Papić

Promotion of the novel "Bubanj" – Eliša Papić Friday, November 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM Pula City Library and Reading Room Moderator: writer and professor Vladimir Papić Novica Bubanj didn't ask for much from life. A little peace, a few beers, a successful music career and, if at all possible, for everyone to leave him alone. Then the electricity went out. Then the internet. Then common sense, although it is questionable how much of it there was before that. In an attempt to return home, Novica will pass through a Rijeka that no one was looking for, meet people he would rather avoid and face questions to which, quite justifiably, he does not want to know the answers. Influencers, activists, delivery men, former Yugoslav musicians, a moth man and the occasional existential crisis will stand in his way. And somewhere along the way, it could turn out that Novica himself is not quite who he claims to be. "The Drum" is a satirical, absurd and occasionally philosophical odyssey through a society that has lost touch with the world, but has not stopped causing problems. A story about identity, love, meaninglessness, human stupidity and the unusual persistence of man to find meaning even where it may never have been. On Friday, November 20th at 6 pm, the Pula City Library and Reading Room will host the presentation of "The Drum", the third novel by Eliša Papić, a writer, musician and neurologist, published in 2026 by Beletra. Writer and professor Vladimir Papić will talk to the author about the novel, literature, music and other side effects of human existence. Entrance is free. Exit is free too. This is not the Odyssey. This is not Ulysses. This is The Drum. And it beats.